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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 651 and 655 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58087,"section_number":"59.1-203","catch_line":"Restraining prohibited acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-203\/"},{"id":56862,"section_number":"59.1-335.4","catch_line":"Bond or letter of credit required","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-335.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56198,"section_number":"59.1-196","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-196\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72551,"identifier":"59.1-335.12","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.12","url":"\/59.1-335.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-335.12\/","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations of chapter; enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-335.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Each sale of the services of a <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span> that violates any provision of this chapter is a prohibited practice under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Prohibited practices\" href=\"\/59.1-200\/\">59.1-200<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-261220\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-335.12\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span>, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or any attorney for a county, city or town has reason to believe that any <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span>, or any salesperson, agent, representative, or independent contractor acting on behalf of a <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span>, has violated any provision of this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or attorney for the county, city or town may institute a proceeding under Chapter 17 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Title\" href=\"\/59.1-196\/\">59.1-196<\/a> et seq.) of Title 59.1. <a id=\"paragraph-261221\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-335.12\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER; ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 59.1-335.12)\n\nA. Each sale of the services of a credit services business that violates any\nprovision of this chapter is a prohibited practice under &#xA7; 59.1-200.\n\nB. If the Attorney General, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or any attorney\nfor a county, city or town has reason to believe that any credit services\nbusiness, or any salesperson, agent, representative, or independent contractor\nacting on behalf of a credit services business, has violated any provision of\nthis chapter, the Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or\nattorney for the county, city or town may institute a proceeding under Chapter\n17 (&#xA7; 59.1-196 et seq.) of Title 59.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 651, 655.","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}}