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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63930</law_id><section_number>3.2-4215</section_number><catch_line>Submission to jurisdiction of the Commonwealth; pleadings in English sufficient</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="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="42">Implementation of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Enforcement of Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any tobacco product manufacturer that produces cigarettes sold or offered for sale into or within the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have submitted to and agreed to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth for the purpose of trying any action brought by the Commonwealth to enforce provisions of this article or Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4200/">3.2-4200</a> et seq.) of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-232831" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4215/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In any action brought by the Commonwealth to enforce the provisions of this article or Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4200/">3.2-4200</a> et seq.) of this chapter, sufficient notice of the action to the alleged violator shall be given by a complaint written in the English language. The Commonwealth shall not be required to bear any expense of translating such complaint into another language. <a id="paragraph-232832" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4215/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 798, &#xA7; 3.1-336.13; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
