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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58321</law_id><section_number>45.2-2007</section_number><catch_line> Penalties; injunctions</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="V">Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="20">Geothermal Energy</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Resource Regulation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>, punishable by a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of not less than $10 or more than $250 for each violation. <a id="paragraph-213596" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-2007/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition, upon violation of any provision of this chapter or regulation of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> adopted pursuant to this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may, either before or after the institution of proceedings pursuant to subsection A, institute a <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> where the well is located for injunctive relief to restrain the violation and for any other or further relief that the <span class="dictionary">court</span> deems proper. <a id="paragraph-213597" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-2007/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 506, &#xA7; 45.1-179.10; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
