                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL PENALTIES; CIVIL ACTION (§ 6.2-2108)

A. The Commission may impose a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 upon any
person required to be registered hereunder who it determines, in proceedings
commenced in accordance with the Commission&#8217;s Rules, has violated any of
the provisions of this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder. However, the
civil penalty that may be imposed upon any registrant who has violated a
provision of &#xA7; 6.2-2107.1 shall not exceed $100. For the purposes of this
section, each separate violation shall be subject to the civil penalty therein
prescribed.

B. Any person who suffers loss by reason of a violation of any provision of this
chapter, other than a violation of a provision of &#xA7; 6.2-2107.1, may bring a
civil action to enforce such provision. Any person who is successful in such
action shall recover reasonable attorney fees, expert witness fees, and court
costs incurred by bringing such action.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 221, § 6.1-440; 2010, c. 794; 2014, c. 768.