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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0372\">372<\/a> 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. 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 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0346\">346<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0214\">214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54114,"section_number":"6.2-1901","catch_line":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) License required; exception.","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1901\/"},{"id":67493,"section_number":"6.2-1907","catch_line":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) License revocation.","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1907\/"},{"id":85447,"section_number":"6.2-1909","catch_line":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Cease and desist orders.","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1909\/"}],"permalink":{"id":266471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57341,"identifier":"6.2-1920","token":"6.2\/III\/19\/6.2-1920","url":"\/6.2-1920\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1920\/","token":"6.2\/III\/19\/6.2-1920","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Civil penalties.","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1920","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the authority conferred under \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) License revocation.\" href=\"\/6.2-1907\/\">6.2-1907<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Cease and desist orders.\" href=\"\/6.2-1909\/\">6.2-1909<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may impose a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> not exceeding $2,500 upon any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter who the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> determines has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or regulation applicable to the conduct of the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>&#8217;s business. For the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> herein prescribed. In the case of a violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) License required; exception.\" href=\"\/6.2-1901\/\">6.2-1901<\/a>, each <span class=\"dictionary\">money order<\/span> sale or <span class=\"dictionary\">money transmission<\/span> transaction shall constitute a separate violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(REPEALED EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) CIVIL PENALTIES. (\u00a7 6.2-1920)\n\nIn addition to the authority conferred under \u00a7\u00a7 6.2-1907 and 6.2-1909, the\nCommission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500 upon any person\nlicensed or required to be licensed under this chapter who the Commission\ndetermines has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or any other law\nor regulation applicable to the conduct of the person&#8217;s business. For the\npurposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil\npenalty herein prescribed. In the case of a violation of \u00a7 6.2-1901, each money\norder sale or money transmission transaction shall constitute a separate\nviolation.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 372, \u00a7 6.1-378.4; 2009, c. 346; 2010, c. 794; 2025, c. 214.","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}}