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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54508</law_id><section_number>55.1-2252</section_number><catch_line>Penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2201</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Common Interest Communities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Administration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who willfully violates any of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public offering statement" href="/55.1-2217/">55.1-2217</a>, <a class="law" title="Certain advertising practices regulated" href="/55.1-2218/">55.1-2218</a>, <a class="law" title="Exchange programs" href="/55.1-2219/">55.1-2219</a>, <a class="law" title="Escrow of deposits; use of corporate surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit" href="/55.1-2220/">55.1-2220</a>, <a class="law" title="Purchaser's rights of cancellation" href="/55.1-2221/">55.1-2221</a>, <a class="law" title="Liens" href="/55.1-2229/">55.1-2229</a>, <a class="law" title="Financial records" href="/55.1-2233/">55.1-2233</a>, or <a class="law" title="Registration of time-share program required" href="/55.1-2238/">55.1-2238</a>, or any <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="General powers and duties of Board" href="/55.1-2247/">55.1-2247</a> through <a class="law" title="Proceedings and investigations" href="/55.1-2250/">55.1-2250</a> is guilty of a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.
			Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who willfully violates any of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Buyer's Acknowledgment" href="/55.1-2226/">55.1-2226</a>, <a class="law" title="Required resale disclosures" href="/55.1-2228/">55.1-2228</a>, or <a class="law" title="Registration required for time-share resellers; exemptions; prohibited practices" href="/55.1-2244/">55.1-2244</a> or any <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="General powers and duties of Board" href="/55.1-2247/">55.1-2247</a> through <a class="law" title="Proceedings and investigations" href="/55.1-2250/">55.1-2250</a> regarding a violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Buyer's Acknowledgment" href="/55.1-2226/">55.1-2226</a>, <a class="law" title="Required resale disclosures" href="/55.1-2228/">55.1-2228</a>, or <a class="law" title="Registration required for time-share resellers; exemptions; prohibited practices" href="/55.1-2244/">55.1-2244</a> is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
			Each violation shall be deemed a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. <a id="paragraph-200160" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2252/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">developer</span>, member, agent or <span class="dictionary">affiliate</span> of any <span class="dictionary">developer</span> of <span class="dictionary">time-shares</span> registered pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Receipt of application; effectiveness of registration" href="/55.1-2241/">55.1-2241</a>, or any <span class="dictionary">reseller</span>, who violates any provision of this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and who is not criminally prosecuted, may be subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. If it has been determined by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> upon or after a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> that a respondent has violated this chapter or the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s rules and regulations, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall proceed to determine the amount of the civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> for such violation, which shall not exceed $2,000 for each violation. Such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> may be sued for and recovered in the name of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-200161" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2252/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 462, &#xA7; 55-400; 1983, c. 59; 1985, c. 517; 1991, c. 704; 2012, c. 751; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
