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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61036</law_id><section_number>45.2-1006</section_number><catch_line> Resisting, etc., Director or agent of the Director; penalty</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="10">Virginia Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1979</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General and Administrative Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It is a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>, punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, confinement in jail for not more than one year, or both, for any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, except as permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, to willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> or any agent of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 290, &#xA7; 45.1-257; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
