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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67806</law_id><section_number>35.1-7</section_number><catch_line>Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations</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="35.1">Hotels, Restaurants, Summer Camps, and Campgrounds</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> willfully violating, or refusing, failing, or neglecting to comply with any regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, or any provision of this title, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> unless a different <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> is specified. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. <a id="paragraph-245606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/35.1-7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> violating, or failing, neglecting, or refusing to obey any lawful regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, or any provision of this title, may be compelled in a proceeding instituted in an appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to obey and comply with such regulation, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or provision of this title. The proceeding may be by <span class="dictionary">injunction</span>, mandamus, or other appropriate remedy. <a id="paragraph-245607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/35.1-7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Without limiting the remedies which may be obtained pursuant to subsection B, any <span class="dictionary">person</span> violating or failing, neglecting, or refusing to obey any <span class="dictionary">injunction</span>, mandamus, or other remedy obtained pursuant to subsection B shall be subject, in the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. <a id="paragraph-245608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/35.1-7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> With the consent of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has violated or failed, neglected, or refused to obey any regulation or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or any provision of this title, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may provide, in an <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> against such <span class="dictionary">person</span>, for the payment of civil charges for past violations in specific sums not to exceed the limit set forth in subsection C. Such civil charges shall be in place of any appropriate civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> which could be imposed under subsection C. <a id="paragraph-245609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/35.1-7/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 35-7, 35-21, 35-41, 35-53; 1981, c. 468.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
