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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 644 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1975, chapter 43.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56967,"section_number":"18.2-214","catch_line":"Changing or removing, etc., trademarks, identification marks, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-214\/"},{"id":86348,"section_number":"59.1-21.1","catch_line":"Citation of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-21.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":261727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70829,"identifier":"59.1-68.4","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.4","url":"\/59.1-68.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-68.4\/","token":"59.1\/4.1\/59.1-68.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suits by attorneys for the Commonwealth and city and county attorneys","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-68.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law<\/span> to the contrary, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any city or county, may investigate and cause to be brought suit in the name of the Commonwealth, or of the county or city, to enjoin any violation of Chapter 2.1 (\u00a7 59.1-21.1<\/a> et seq.) of this title and of Article 8 (\u00a7 18.2-214<\/a> et seq.), Chapter 6 of Title 18.2. The court<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> may enjoin such violations notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at law<\/span>. In any action under this section, it shall not be necessary that damages<\/span> be alleged or proved.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUITS BY ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AND CITY AND COUNTY ATTORNEYS (\u00a7\n59.1-68.4)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, any attorney\nfor the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any city or county, may investigate\nand cause to be brought suit in the name of the Commonwealth, or of the county\nor city, to enjoin any violation of Chapter 2.1 (\u00a7 59.1-21.1 et seq.) of this\ntitle and of Article 8 (\u00a7 18.2-214 et seq.), Chapter 6 of Title 18.2. The court\nhaving jurisdiction may enjoin such violations notwithstanding the existence of\nan adequate remedy at law. In any action under this section, it shall not be\nnecessary that damages be alleged or proved.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 644; 1975, c. 43.","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}}