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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 510 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1979, chapter 243; in 1996, chapter 372<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64970,"section_number":"55.1-2302","catch_line":"Transfer of ownership","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2302\/"},{"id":71094,"section_number":"55.1-2305","catch_line":"Management, regulation, and control of subdivisions with common facilities or property owners' associations; assessments; liens","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55216,"identifier":"55.1-2306","token":"55.1\/IV\/23\/55.1-2306","url":"\/55.1-2306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2306\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/23\/55.1-2306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> violating any of the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-2302<\/a> through 55.1-2305<\/a> is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>. At the discretion of the court<\/span>, any imprisonment may run concurrently with imprisonment imposed by any court<\/span> for violation of any law<\/span> similar to the provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 55.1-2306)\n\nAny person violating any of the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-2302 through 55.1-2305\nis guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. At the discretion of the court, any\nimprisonment may run concurrently with imprisonment imposed by any court for\nviolation of any law similar to the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 510, \u00a7 55-347; 1979, c. 243; 1996, c. 372; 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}}