                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 PROSECUTION OF VIOLATIONS (§ 45.2-573)

A. It is the duty of every attorney for the Commonwealth to whom the Director or
his authorized representative has reported any violation of the Act or on his
own initiative to cause proceedings to be prosecuted in such case.

B. If the attorney for the Commonwealth declines to cause proceedings to be
prosecuted in such case, the Director or the Chief may request the Attorney
General to institute proceedings for any violation of the Act on behalf of the
Commonwealth; however, such action shall not preclude the Director or the Chief
from pursuing any other applicable statutory procedure. Upon receiving such a
request from the Director or the Chief, the Attorney General may institute
actions and proceedings for violations described in the request.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-17; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-105; 1975, c.
520; 1978, c. 118; 1980, c. 388; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.95; 2021, Sp. Sess. I,
c. 387.