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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62008</law_id><section_number>15.2-605</section_number><catch_line>Prohibiting misdemeanors and providing penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">County Manager Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Powers; County Manager Form</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The board may prohibit any act defined as a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and prohibited by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth and provide a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> for violations, to the end that the board may parallel by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> the criminal <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-307.1; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-626; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
