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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 242 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 1992 \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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70296,"identifier":"3.2-5713","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5713","url":"\/3.2-5713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5713\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>, and may, in addition to or in lieu thereof, be assessed a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span>, as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil penalties\" href=\"\/3.2-5714\/\">3.2-5714<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-253809\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5713\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> to report, for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span> violations of this chapter, whenever the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice of warning. <a id=\"paragraph-253810\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-5713\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 3.2-5713)\n\nA. Any person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class 1\nmisdemeanor, and may, in addition to or in lieu thereof, be assessed a civil\npenalty, as provided in &#xA7; 3.2-5714.\n\nB. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Commissioner to\nreport, for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations\nof this chapter, whenever the Commissioner believes that the public interest\nwill be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice of\nwarning.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.14; 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}}