{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-68.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-68.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-68.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-68.2.html"}],"law_id":72250,"edition_id":1,"section_id":72250,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.2","catch_line":"Authority of Attorney General","history":"1970, c. 780; 1973, c. 537; 1975, c. 43; 1984, c. 582.","full_text":"Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, the Attorney General may investigate and bring an action in the name of the Commonwealth to enjoin any violation of Chapters 2.1 (\u00a7 59.1-21.1 et seq.) through 3.1 (\u00a7 59.1-41.1 et seq.) and of Article 8 (\u00a7 18.2-214 et seq.), Chapter 6 of Title 18.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260239,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, the Attorney General may investigate and bring an action in the name of the Commonwealth to enjoin any violation of Chapters 2.1 (\u00a7 59.1-21.1 et seq.) through 3.1 (\u00a7 59.1-41.1 et seq.) and of Article 8 (\u00a7 18.2-214 et seq.), Chapter 6 of Title 18.2.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14307,"edition_id":1,"name":"Remedies for Violations of Preceding Chapters and Chapter 6, Article 8, of Title 18.2","identifier":"4.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12809,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:41","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:41","permalink":{"id":261717,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14307,"identifier":"4.1","token":"59.1\/4.1","url":"\/59.1\/4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12809,"edition_id":1,"name":"Trade and Commerce","identifier":"59.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":259521,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12809,"identifier":"59.1","token":"59.1","url":"\/59.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72250,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.2","catch_line":"Authority of Attorney General","url":"\/59.1-68.2\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.2","metadata":false},{"id":55590,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.3","catch_line":"Action for damages or penalty for violation of Article 8, Chapter 6 of Title 18.2 or Chapter 2.1 of Title 59.1; attorney's fees","url":"\/59.1-68.3\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.3","metadata":false},{"id":70829,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.4","catch_line":"Suits by attorneys for the Commonwealth and city and county attorneys","url":"\/59.1-68.4\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.4","metadata":false},{"id":85725,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.5","catch_line":"Further provisions as to actions for violation of Article 8, Chapter 6 of Title 18.2","url":"\/59.1-68.5\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.5","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":55590,"structure_id":14307,"section_number":"59.1-68.3","catch_line":"Action for damages or penalty for violation of Article 8, Chapter 6 of Title 18.2 or Chapter 2.1 of Title 59.1; attorney's fees","url":"\/59.1-68.3\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/59.1-68.2\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 780 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 1970 \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. 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