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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0390\">390<\/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":224235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81658,"identifier":"45.2-1128","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/4\/45.2-1128","url":"\/45.2-1128\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1128\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/4\/45.2-1128","dublin_core":{"Title":" Operating without license; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1128","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> In addition to any other power conferred by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> or his designated representative may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> closing any mineral mine that is operating without a license. The procedure for issuing a closure <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> shall be as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\" Closure orders\" href=\"\/45.2-1158\/\">45.2-1158<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-292464\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1128\/#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> Any person operating an unlicensed mineral mine is guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. Each day any person operates an unlicensed mineral mine constitutes a separate <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-292465\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1128\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSE; PENALTY (\u00a7 45.2-1128)\n\nA. In addition to any other power conferred by law, the Director or his\ndesignated representative may issue an order closing any mineral mine that is\noperating without a license. The procedure for issuing a closure order shall be\nas provided in &#xA7; 45.2-1158.\n\nB. Any person operating an unlicensed mineral mine is guilty of a Class 3\nmisdemeanor. Each day any person operates an unlicensed mineral mine constitutes\na separate offense.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:34; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}