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It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 268; in 1978, chapter 658; in 1979, chapter 721; in 1980, chapter 682; in 1981, chapter 530; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62989,"section_number":"38.2-1039","catch_line":"Enjoining unlicensed foreign or alien insurers from transacting the business of insurance in Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1039\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63210,"identifier":"38.2-220","token":"38.2\/2\/38.2-220","url":"\/38.2-220\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-220\/","token":"38.2\/2\/38.2-220","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunctions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-220","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall have the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> and powers of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> temporary and permanent <span class=\"dictionary\">injunctions<\/span> restraining acts which violate or attempt to violate provisions of this title and to enforce the <span class=\"dictionary\">injunctions<\/span> by civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> or imprisonment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJUNCTIONS (\u00a7 38.2-220)\n\nThe Commission shall have the jurisdiction and powers of a court of equity to\nissue temporary and permanent injunctions restraining acts which violate or\nattempt to violate provisions of this title and to enforce the injunctions by\ncivil penalty or imprisonment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-195.17; 1956, c. 268, \u00a7 38.1-830; 1978, c. 658, \u00a7\n38.1-806; 1979, c. 721; 1980, c. 682, \u00a7 38.1-911; c. 720, \u00a7 38.1-884; 1981, c.\n530, \u00a7 38.1-946; 1986, c. 562.","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}}