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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 335<\/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. 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 2000, chapter 898<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83335,"identifier":"40.1-51.19:5","token":"40.1\/3.1\/2\/40.1-51.19_5","url":"\/40.1-51.19_5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-51.19_5\/","token":"40.1\/3.1\/2\/40.1-51.19_5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-51.19:5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to operate in the Commonwealth a hobby or model boiler<\/span> without a valid certificate. Any such person shall be subject to a civil penalty<\/span> as provided by § 40.1-51.12<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any owner or user who leaves or causes to leave a hobby or model boiler<\/span> unattended while in operation at an event to which members of the general public are invited shall be in violation of this article and subject to a civil penalty<\/span> not to exceed $5,000. Each instance of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL PENALTY (\u00a7 40.1-51.19:5)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to\noperate in the Commonwealth a hobby or model boiler without a valid certificate.\nAny such person shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided by §\n40.1-51.12.\n\nB. Any owner or user who leaves or causes to leave a hobby or model boiler\nunattended while in operation at an event to which members of the general public\nare invited shall be in violation of this article and subject to a civil penalty\nnot to exceed $5,000. Each instance of such violation shall be deemed a separate\noffense.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 335; 2000, c. 898.","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}}