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Such assurance of voluntary compliance shall not be considered an admission of guilt or a violation for any purpose. Such assurance of voluntary compliance may at any time be reopened by the Attorney General, or the attorney for the Commonwealth, or attorney for the county, city, or town respectively, for additional orders or decrees to enforce the assurance of voluntary compliance.B\n\nWhen an assurance is presented to the circuit court for approval, the Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for the appropriate county, city, or town shall file, in the form of a motion for judgment or complaint, the allegations which form the basis for the entry of the assurance. The assurance may provide by its terms for any relief which an appropriate circuit court could grant, including but not limited to restitution, arbitration of disputes between the supplier and its customers, investigative expenses, civil penalties and costs; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or require the Commonwealth, the Attorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth or the attorney for any county, city or town to participate in arbitration of violations under this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":200787,"text":"The Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for a county, city, or town may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with this chapter from any person subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any such assurance shall be in writing and be filed with and be subject on petition to the approval of the appropriate circuit court. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 635 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 1977 \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 1981, chapter 423; in 1982, chapter 13; in 1988, chapter 850.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":259809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54689,"identifier":"59.1-202","token":"59.1\/17\/59.1-202","url":"\/59.1-202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-202\/","token":"59.1\/17\/59.1-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assurances of voluntary compliance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Attorney General<\/span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for a county, city, or town may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with this chapter from any person<\/span> subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any such assurance shall be in writing and be filed with and be subject on petition<\/span> to the approval of the appropriate circuit<\/span> court<\/span>. Such assurance of voluntary compliance shall not be considered an admission of guilt or a violation for any purpose. Such assurance of voluntary compliance may at any time be reopened by the Attorney General<\/span>, or the attorney for the Commonwealth, or attorney for the county, city, or town respectively, for additional orders<\/span> or decrees<\/span> to enforce the assurance of voluntary compliance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> When an assurance is presented to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for approval, the Attorney General<\/span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for the appropriate county, city, or town shall file, in the form of a motion for judgment<\/span> or complaint, the allegations<\/span> which form the basis for the entry of the assurance. The assurance may provide by its terms for any relief which an appropriate circuit<\/span> court<\/span> could grant, including but not limited to restitution<\/span>, arbitration of disputes between the supplier<\/span> and its customers, investigative expenses, civil penalties and costs; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize or require the Commonwealth, the Attorney General<\/span>, an attorney for the Commonwealth or the attorney for any county, city or town to participate in arbitration of violations under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSURANCES OF VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE (\u00a7 59.1-202)\n\nA. The Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for\na county, city, or town may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance with\nthis chapter from any person subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any such\nassurance shall be in writing and be filed with and be subject on petition to\nthe approval of the appropriate circuit court. Such assurance of voluntary\ncompliance shall not be considered an admission of guilt or a violation for any\npurpose. Such assurance of voluntary compliance may at any time be reopened by\nthe Attorney General, or the attorney for the Commonwealth, or attorney for the\ncounty, city, or town respectively, for additional orders or decrees to enforce\nthe assurance of voluntary compliance.\n\nB. When an assurance is presented to the circuit court for approval, the\nAttorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for the\nappropriate county, city, or town shall file, in the form of a motion for\njudgment or complaint, the allegations which form the basis for the entry of the\nassurance. The assurance may provide by its terms for any relief which an\nappropriate circuit court could grant, including but not limited to restitution,\narbitration of disputes between the supplier and its customers, investigative\nexpenses, civil penalties and costs; provided, however, that nothing in this\nchapter shall be construed to authorize or require the Commonwealth, the\nAttorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth or the attorney for any\ncounty, city or town to participate in arbitration of violations under this\nsection.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 635; 1981, c. 423; 1982, c. 13; 1988, c. 850.","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}}