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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 434 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1991, chapter 355; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0069\">69<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68174,"section_number":"65.2-800","catch_line":"Duty to insure payment of compensation; effect of insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-800\/"},{"id":58097,"section_number":"65.2-804","catch_line":"Evidence of compliance with title; notices of cancellation of insurance","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-804\/"},{"id":83221,"section_number":"65.2-805","catch_line":"Civil penalty for violation of \u00a7\u00a7 65.2-800, 65.2-803.1, and 65.2-804","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-805\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276689,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72140,"identifier":"65.2-806","token":"65.2\/8\/65.2-806","url":"\/65.2-806\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-806\/","token":"65.2\/8\/65.2-806","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-806","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the civil penalties assessed pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil penalty for violation of \u00a7\u00a7 65.2-800, 65.2-803.1, and 65.2-804\" href=\"\/65.2-805\/\">65.2-805<\/a>, any <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> who knowingly and intentionally fails to comply with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Duty to insure payment of compensation; effect of insurance\" href=\"\/65.2-800\/\">65.2-800<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Evidence of compliance with title; notices of cancellation of insurance\" href=\"\/65.2-804\/\">65.2-804<\/a> is guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\t<span class=\"dictionary\">Venue<\/span> for the <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecution<\/span> hereof when there is an <span class=\"dictionary\">injury<\/span> shall lie in the county or city wherein the <span class=\"dictionary\">injury<\/span> occurred.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL PENALTIES (\u00a7 65.2-806)\n\nIn addition to the civil penalties assessed pursuant to \u00a7 65.2-805, any\nemployer who knowingly and intentionally fails to comply with the provisions of\n\u00a7 65.2-800 or 65.2-804 is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\t\tVenue for the prosecution hereof when there is an injury shall lie in the\ncounty or city wherein the injury occurred.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 434, \u00a7 65.1-106.1; 1991, c. 355; 2005, c. 69.","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}}