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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, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57013,"section_number":"55.1-2155","catch_line":"Public offering statement; general provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2155\/"},{"id":74617,"section_number":"55.1-2158","catch_line":"Public offering statement; cooperatives containing conversion building","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2158\/"},{"id":84882,"section_number":"55.1-2159","catch_line":"Public offering statement; cooperative securities","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2159\/"},{"id":66987,"section_number":"55.1-2162","catch_line":"Escrow of deposits","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2162\/"},{"id":71295,"section_number":"55.1-2164","catch_line":"Conversion buildings","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2164\/"},{"id":55127,"section_number":"55.1-2174","catch_line":"General powers and duties of the Common Interest Community Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2174\/"},{"id":57993,"section_number":"55.1-2176","catch_line":"Application for registration; approval of uncompleted unit","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2176\/"},{"id":77893,"section_number":"55.1-2181","catch_line":"Annual report and amendments","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2181\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70660,"identifier":"55.1-2184","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/5\/55.1-2184","url":"\/55.1-2184\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2184\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/5\/55.1-2184","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2184","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> who willfully violates \u00a7 55.1-2155<\/a>, 55.1-2158<\/a>, 55.1-2159<\/a>, 55.1-2162<\/a>, 55.1-2164<\/a>, 55.1-2176<\/a>, or 55.1-2181<\/a> or any regulation adopted under, or order<\/span> issued pursuant to, \u00a7 55.1-2174<\/a>, or any person<\/span> who willfully in an application for registration makes any untrue statement of a material<\/span> fact<\/span> or omits to state a material<\/span> fact<\/span>, is guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span> and may be (i) fined not less than $1,000 or double the amount of gain from the transaction, whichever is larger, but not more than $50,000 or (ii) imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each offense<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 55.1-2184)\n\nAny person who willfully violates \u00a7 55.1-2155, 55.1-2158, 55.1-2159, 55.1-2162,\n55.1-2164, 55.1-2176, or 55.1-2181 or any regulation adopted under, or order\nissued pursuant to, \u00a7 55.1-2174, or any person who willfully in an application\nfor registration makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state\na material fact, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be (i) fined not less than\n$1,000 or double the amount of gain from the transaction, whichever is larger,\nbut not more than $50,000 or (ii) imprisoned for not more than six months, or\nboth, for each offense.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-506; 2019, c. 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}}