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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 301<\/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 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 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":265589,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78755,"identifier":"6.2-857","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/7\/6.2-857","url":"\/6.2-857\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-857\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/7\/6.2-857","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-857","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Commission<\/span> determines that there is any violation of any law<\/span> of the Commonwealth in the operation of a branch of an out-of-state state bank<\/span>, or that such branch is being operated in an unsafe and unsound manner, the Commission<\/span> shall have the authority to undertake such enforcement actions as it would be permitted to take if the branch were a Virginia state bank<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 6.2-857)\n\nIf the Commission determines that there is any violation of any law of the\nCommonwealth in the operation of a branch of an out-of-state state bank, or that\nsuch branch is being operated in an unsafe and unsound manner, the Commission\nshall have the authority to undertake such enforcement actions as it would be\npermitted to take if the branch were a Virginia state bank.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 301, \u00a7 6.1-44.23; 2010, c. 794.","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}}