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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67576</law_id><section_number>4.1-1121</section_number><catch_line>Issuance of summonses for certain offenses; civil 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="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Cannabis Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Possession of Retail Marijuana and Retail Marijuana Products; Prohibited Practices Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any violation under this subtitle that is subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> is a civil <span class="dictionary">offense</span> and shall be charged by <span class="dictionary">summons</span>. A <span class="dictionary">summons</span> for a violation under this subtitle that is subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> may be executed by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer when such violation is observed by such officer. The <span class="dictionary">summons</span> used by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer pursuant to this section shall be in a form the same as the uniform <span class="dictionary">summons</span> for motor vehicle <span class="dictionary">law</span> violations as prescribed pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Uniform summons to be used for reportable motor vehicle law violations; citations" href="/46.2-388/">46.2-388</a>. Any civil penalties collected pursuant to this subtitle shall be deposited into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund" href="/18.2-251.02/">18.2-251.02</a>.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
