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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68441,"identifier":"46.2-387","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-387","url":"\/46.2-387\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-387\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-387","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for failure to forward record of conviction or of judgment for damages","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-387","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person required to forward to the Commissioner<\/span> a record of a conviction<\/span> or of a judgment<\/span> for damages<\/span> as provided in this chapter who fails, refuses, or neglects so to do without reasonable cause shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span> and may be suspended or removed from office or otherwise disciplined for dereliction of duty.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> shall call every such failure to the attention of the person guilty of the dereliction and to the judge<\/span> of the court<\/span> of which he is an officer in cases of dereliction on the part of officers of courts<\/span> and also to the appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth.\n\t\tDiscipline for dereliction of the duties provided by this chapter is cumulative to the other penalties prescribed and may be imposed by the court<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> over the official whose negligence<\/span> is complained of.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FORWARD RECORD OF CONVICTION OR OF JUDGMENT FOR DAMAGES\n(\u00a7 46.2-387)\n\nAny person required to forward to the Commissioner a record of a conviction or\nof a judgment for damages as provided in this chapter who fails, refuses, or\nneglects so to do without reasonable cause shall be guilty of a Class 4\nmisdemeanor and may be suspended or removed from office or otherwise disciplined\nfor dereliction of duty.\n\t\tThe Commissioner shall call every such failure to the attention of the person\nguilty of the dereliction and to the judge of the court of which he is an\nofficer in cases of dereliction on the part of officers of courts and also to\nthe appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth.\n\t\tDiscipline for dereliction of the duties provided by this chapter is\ncumulative to the other penalties prescribed and may be imposed by the court\nhaving jurisdiction over the official whose negligence is complained of.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-415; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-416; 1989, c. 727.","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}}