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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 2000, chapter 986<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60571,"identifier":"56-483","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-483","url":"\/56-483\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-483\/","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-483","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refusal or neglect to make reports; obstructing Commission in discharge of duties; violations in general","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-483","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every officer, agent or employee of any telephone company<\/span>, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report lawfully required by the Commission<\/span> for the purposes of this chapter or who shall willfully or unlawfully delay or obstruct the Commission<\/span> in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it by the Constitution or laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, or the rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission<\/span>, connected with the objects<\/span> and purposes of this chapter, shall be fined not exceeding $500 for each offense<\/span>; and any telephone company<\/span> which violates any of the provisions of this chapter or refuses to conform to or obey any lawful rule, order<\/span>, regulation, or requirement of the Commission<\/span> relating to the provisions of this chapter may, when not otherwise provided by law<\/span>, be fined by the Commission<\/span> in its discretion, in a sum not exceeding $10,000 for each offense<\/span> and each day such company<\/span> or corporation<\/span> continues to violate any lawful rule, order<\/span> or regulation prescribed by the Commission<\/span> shall be a separate offense<\/span>. Such penalty<\/span> shall be imposed and enforced upon like proceedings and in like manner as are those prescribed for the violation of law<\/span> or the rules and regulations of the Commission<\/span> by transportation companies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUSAL OR NEGLECT TO MAKE REPORTS; OBSTRUCTING COMMISSION IN DISCHARGE OF\nDUTIES; VIOLATIONS IN GENERAL (\u00a7 56-483)\n\nEvery officer, agent or employee of any telephone company, who shall willfully\nneglect or refuse to make and furnish any report lawfully required by the\nCommission for the purposes of this chapter or who shall willfully or unlawfully\ndelay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it\nby the Constitution or laws of this Commonwealth, or the rules, regulations and\nrequirements of the Commission, connected with the objects and purposes of this\nchapter, shall be fined not exceeding $500 for each offense; and any telephone\ncompany which violates any of the provisions of this chapter or refuses to\nconform to or obey any lawful rule, order, regulation, or requirement of the\nCommission relating to the provisions of this chapter may, when not otherwise\nprovided by law, be fined by the Commission in its discretion, in a sum not\nexceeding $10,000 for each offense and each day such company or corporation\ncontinues to violate any lawful rule, order or regulation prescribed by the\nCommission shall be a separate offense. Such penalty shall be imposed and\nenforced upon like proceedings and in like manner as are those prescribed for\nthe violation of law or the rules and regulations of the Commission by\ntransportation companies.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4057; 2000, c. 986.","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}}