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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":[{"id":65214,"section_number":"3.2-5401","catch_line":"Adulterated livestock product or poultry product","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5401\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197681,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70791,"identifier":"3.2-5415","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5415","url":"\/3.2-5415\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5415\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5415","dublin_core":{"Title":"General criminal penalties; warning letter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5415","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person that violates any provisions of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty<\/span> is provided is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. If such violation involves intent<\/span> to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in subdivision 11 of § 3.2-5401<\/a>) knowing the article to be adulterated, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner<\/span> to report for prosecution<\/span> or for the institution of condemnation or injunction<\/span> proceedings, minor<\/span> violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES; WARNING LETTER (\u00a7 3.2-5415)\n\nA. Any person that violates any provisions of this chapter for which no other\ncriminal penalty is provided is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If such\nviolation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted\ndistribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in subdivision\n11 of § 3.2-5401) knowing the article to be adulterated, such person is\nguilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nB. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to\nreport for prosecution or for the institution of condemnation or injunction\nproceedings, minor violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the\npublic interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of\nwarning.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.31; 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}}