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§ 18.2-496 Punishment for violation

Any person who fails to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for each separate offense.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 18.1-400.4. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 442; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.

Code 1950, § 18.1-400.4; 1970, c. 442; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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