                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUEST TO CEASE OPERATION; IMMEDIATE THREAT; PENALTY (§ 56-265.24:1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-265.15:1, any person, as defined in §
56-265.15, who knowingly and intentionally excavates after being notified by a
representative of the Commission of a determination that such excavation
constitutes an immediate threat to safety or property and such representative
requests that excavation cease is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The representative
of the Commission shall immediately notify the agency with primary
law-enforcement authority over the area of excavation, as well as the fire
marshal, (i) that such excavation site is a threat to safety or property and
(ii) of the request to cease excavation.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 299, 300.