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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 175 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":194345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85519,"identifier":"3.2-809","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-809","url":"\/3.2-809\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-809\/","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-809","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for violation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-809","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY FOR VIOLATION (\u00a7 3.2-809)\n\nAny person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the\nregulations adopted hereunder is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 175, \u00a7 3.1-296.18; 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}}