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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68348,"identifier":"3.2-5408","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5408","url":"\/3.2-5408\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5408\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibitions against unauthorized use of any official marks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark<\/span> or simulation thereof, or any label<\/span> bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate<\/span> or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Forge any official device<\/span>, mark, or certificate; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Without authorization from the Commissioner<\/span>, use any official device<\/span>, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device<\/span>, mark, or certificate; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Board<\/span>, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device<\/span>, mark, or certificate; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Commissioner<\/span> any official device<\/span> or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate<\/span> or any device or label<\/span> or any carcass of any animal (including poultry<\/span>), or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate<\/span> provided for in the regulations prescribed by the Board<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this article when, in fact<\/span>, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed, or exempted. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ANY OFFICIAL MARKS (\u00a7 3.2-5408)\n\nA. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print,\nlithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or\nsimulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any\nform of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the\nCommissioner.\n\nB. No person shall:\n\n 1. Forge any official device, mark, or certificate;\n\n 2. Without authorization from the Commissioner, use any official device, mark,\n or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy\n any official device, mark, or certificate;\n\n 3. Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Board, fail to use, or to\n detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;\n\n 4. Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Commissioner any official\n device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official\n certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal (including\n poultry), or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated,\n forged, or improperly altered official mark;\n\n 5. Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or\n other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations\n prescribed by the Board; or\n\n 6. Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed, or\n exempted, under this article when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so\n inspected and passed, or exempted.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.23; 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}}