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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81702</law_id><section_number>3.2-5142</section_number><catch_line>Punishment for hindering Commissioner</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="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="51">Food and Drink</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Seizures, Prosecutions, Penalties, and Enforcement</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who shall willfully hinder or obstruct the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by this chapter is guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-337; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-416; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
