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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 49 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55473,"section_number":"3.2-5210","catch_line":"Civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5210\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70246,"identifier":"3.2-5209","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/2\/3.2-5209","url":"\/3.2-5209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5209\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/2\/3.2-5209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any violation of the provisions of this article, or the regulations adopted hereunder, or failure to comply with such provisions or regulations, is a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> and punished as provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. Each day of such failure or violation shall be a separate <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> and shall be punished as such.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 3.2-5209)\n\nAny violation of the provisions of this article, or the regulations adopted\nhereunder, or failure to comply with such provisions or regulations, is a Class\n1 misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. Each day of such failure or\nviolation shall be a separate offense and shall be punished as such.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 49, \u00a7 3.1-530.9; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}