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Upon conviction of any subsequent offense he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.B\n\nUpon the first conviction of a dealer for violation of any provision of this chapter, the chief law-enforcement officer may revoke the dealer&#8217;s permit for one full year from the date the conviction becomes final. Such revocation shall be mandatory for two full years from the date the conviction becomes final upon a second conviction.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":308821,"text":"Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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 1981 \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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0100\">100<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86215,"identifier":"54.1-4110","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4110","url":"\/54.1-4110\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4110\/","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4110","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties; first and subsequent offenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4110","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> for the first <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. Upon <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of any subsequent <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> he shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-308821\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-4110\/#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> Upon the first <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> for violation of any provision of this chapter, the chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer may revoke the <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span>&#8217;s permit for one full year from the date the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> becomes final. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> shall be mandatory for two full years from the date the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> becomes final upon a second <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-308822\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-4110\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES; FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES (\u00a7 54.1-4110)\n\nA. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall\nbe guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for the first offense. Upon conviction of any\nsubsequent offense he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nB. Upon the first conviction of a dealer for violation of any provision of this\nchapter, the chief law-enforcement officer may revoke the dealer&#8217;s permit\nfor one full year from the date the conviction becomes final. Such revocation\nshall be mandatory for two full years from the date the conviction becomes final\nupon a second conviction.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 581, \u00a7 54-859.25; 1988, c. 765; 2010, c. 100.","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}}