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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 650 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1988, chapter 765; in 2024, chapter 371<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83286,"section_number":"54.1-3457","catch_line":"Prohibited acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3457\/"}],"permalink":{"id":243691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78702,"identifier":"54.1-3458","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3458","url":"\/54.1-3458\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3458\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3458","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3458","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person<\/span> who violates any of the provisions of § 54.1-3457<\/a> shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall be subject to the penalties of this section for having violated subdivisions 1 and 3 of § 54.1-3457<\/a> if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person<\/span> residing in this Commonwealth from whom he received in good faith the article, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement<\/span>, except the manufacturer<\/span>, packer, distributor<\/span>, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement<\/span> relates, shall be liable under this section for the dissemination of such false advertisement<\/span>, unless he has refused, on the request of the Board<\/span>, to furnish the Board<\/span> the name and post-office address of the manufacturer<\/span>, packer, distributor<\/span>, seller, or advertising agency, residing in this Commonwealth who caused him to disseminate such advertisement<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS (\u00a7 54.1-3458)\n\nA. Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 54.1-3457 shall be\nguilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nB. No person shall be subject to the penalties of this section for having\nviolated subdivisions 1 and 3 of § 54.1-3457 if he establishes a guaranty\nor undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person\nresiding in this Commonwealth from whom he received in good faith the article,\nto the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the\nmeaning of this chapter.\n\nC. No publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the\ndissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor,\nor seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable\nunder this section for the dissemination of such false advertisement, unless he\nhas refused, on the request of the Board, to furnish the Board the name and\npost-office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or\nadvertising agency, residing in this Commonwealth who caused him to disseminate\nsuch advertisement.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 650, \u00a7 54-524.87; 1988, c. 765; 2024, c. 371.","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}}