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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2019, chapters 467<\/a> and 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80903,"section_number":"55.1-2154","catch_line":"Liability for public offering statement; requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2154\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55448,"identifier":"55.1-2178","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/5\/55.1-2178","url":"\/55.1-2178\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2178\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/5\/55.1-2178","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cease and desist order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2178","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Common Interest Community Board determines, after notice and hearing<\/span>, that any person<\/span> has disseminated or caused to be disseminated orally or in writing any false or misleading promotional materials<\/span> in connection with a cooperative<\/span> or that any person<\/span> has otherwise violated any provision of this chapter or the Common Interest Community Board’s regulations or orders<\/span>, the Common Interest Community Board may issue<\/span> an order<\/span> to cease and desist from that conduct or to take such affirmative action as may be appropriate to the Common Interest Community Board.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCEASE AND DESIST ORDER (\u00a7 55.1-2178)\n\nIf the Common Interest Community Board determines, after notice and hearing,\nthat any person has disseminated or caused to be disseminated orally or in\nwriting any false or misleading promotional materials in connection with a\ncooperative or that any person has otherwise violated any provision of this\nchapter or the Common Interest Community Board’s regulations or orders,\nthe Common Interest Community Board may issue an order to cease and desist from\nthat conduct or to take such affirmative action as may be appropriate to the\nCommon Interest Community Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-500; 2019, cc. 467, 712.","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}}