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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 742<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69748,"identifier":"40.1-141","token":"40.1\/9\/40.1-141","url":"\/40.1-141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-141\/","token":"40.1\/9\/40.1-141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Attorney General<\/span> or any aggrieved person may cause an action to be brought in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city or county in which a violation of this chapter has occurred for the issuance of an injunction<\/span> to enjoin and restrain the continuance<\/span> of such violation. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court<\/span> that the defendant<\/span> has, in fact<\/span>, violated this chapter, an injunction<\/span> may be issued by such court<\/span> enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact<\/span>, been injured or damaged thereby. The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> may enjoin such violations, notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 40.1-141)\n\nThe Attorney General or any aggrieved person may cause an action to be brought\nin the circuit court of the city or county in which a violation of this chapter\nhas occurred for the issuance of an injunction to enjoin and restrain the\ncontinuance of such violation. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court\nthat the defendant has, in fact, violated this chapter, an injunction may be\nissued by such court enjoining and restraining any further violation, without\nrequiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby.\nThe circuit court having jurisdiction may enjoin such violations,\nnotwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 742.","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}}