{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/6.2-2046.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/6.2-2046.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/6.2-2046.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/6.2-2046.html"}],"law_id":64784,"edition_id":1,"section_id":64784,"structure_id":14206,"section_number":"6.2-2046","catch_line":"Civil penalties","history":"2020, c. 785.","full_text":"In addition to the authority conferred under \u00a7\u00a7 6.2-2043 and 6.2-2044, the Commission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 upon any person who it determines, in proceedings commenced in accordance with the Commission&#8217;s Rules, has violated any of the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty herein prescribed. In the case of a violation of \u00a7 6.2-2027, each debt settlement services agreement entered into shall constitute a separate violation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235728,"text":"In addition to the authority conferred under \u00a7\u00a7 6.2-2043 and 6.2-2044, the Commission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 upon any person who it determines, in proceedings commenced in accordance with the Commission&#8217;s Rules, has violated any of the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty herein prescribed. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0785\">785<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55395,"section_number":"6.2-2027","catch_line":"License requirement; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2027\/"},{"id":57456,"section_number":"6.2-2043","catch_line":"Suspension or revocation of license","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2043\/"},{"id":85206,"section_number":"6.2-2044","catch_line":"Cease and desist orders","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2044\/"}],"permalink":{"id":266813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64784,"identifier":"6.2-2046","token":"6.2\/III\/20.1\/6.2-2046","url":"\/6.2-2046\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-2046\/","token":"6.2\/III\/20.1\/6.2-2046","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-2046","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=\"Suspension or revocation of license\" href=\"\/6.2-2043\/\">6.2-2043<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Cease and desist orders\" href=\"\/6.2-2044\/\">6.2-2044<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may impose a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> not exceeding $1,000 upon any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who it determines, in proceedings commenced in accordance with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>&#8217;s Rules, has violated any of the provisions of this chapter. 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In the case of a violation of \u00a7 6.2-2027,\neach debt settlement services agreement entered into shall constitute a separate\nviolation.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 785.","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}}