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The number of such receptacles required to be placed as specified herein shall be determined by the Board and related to the need for such receptacles. Such litter receptacles shall be maintained in a manner to prevent overflow or spillage.\n\nB\n\nA person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles of a design acceptable to the Board are required by this section shall procure and place such receptacles at his own expense on the premises in accordance with Board regulations.\n\nC\n\nAny person who fails to place and maintain such litter receptacles on the premises in the number and manner required by Board regulation, or who violates the provisions of this section or regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day of violation.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1288893,"text":"The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for the owners or persons in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation or as a public way who may be required to place and maintain receptacles acceptable to the Board.\n\t\t\tIn formulating such regulations the Board shall consider, among other public places, the public highways of the Commonwealth, all parks, campgrounds, trailer parks, drive-in restaurants, construction sites, gasoline service stations, shopping centers, retail store parking lots, parking lots of major industrial and business firms, marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations, public and private piers and beaches and bathing areas. The number of such receptacles required to be placed as specified herein shall be determined by the Board and related to the need for such receptacles. Such litter receptacles shall be maintained in a manner to prevent overflow or spillage.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1288894,"text":"A person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles of a design acceptable to the Board are required by this section shall procure and place such receptacles at his own expense on the premises in accordance with Board regulations.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1288895,"text":"Any person who fails to place and maintain such litter receptacles on the premises in the number and manner required by Board regulation, or who violates the provisions of this section or regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day of violation.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":49635,"edition_id":2,"name":"Litter Control and Recycling","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":4,"parent_id":49631,"metadata":{"child_laws":34,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:12:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:56","permalink":{"id":1373049,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49635,"identifier":"3","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3","url":"\/10.1\/II\/14\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49631,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Waste Management Act","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":8,"parent_id":49595,"metadata":{"child_laws":149,"child_structures":20},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:12:36","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:55","permalink":{"id":1372889,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49631,"identifier":"14","token":"10.1\/II\/14","url":"\/10.1\/II\/14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49595,"edition_id":2,"name":"Activities Administered by Other Entities","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":2,"parent_id":49584,"metadata":{"child_laws":483,"child_structures":70},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:12:05","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:51","permalink":{"id":1371835,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49595,"identifier":"II","token":"10.1\/II","url":"\/10.1\/II\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49584,"edition_id":2,"name":"Conservation","identifier":"10.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":38,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":886,"child_structures":125},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:11:52","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:44","permalink":{"id":1370315,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49584,"identifier":"10.1","token":"10.1","url":"\/10.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":345667,"structure_id":49635,"section_number":"10.1-1414","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/10.1-1414\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1414","metadata":false},{"id":345670,"structure_id":49635,"section_number":"10.1-1415","catch_line":"Litter Control Program","url":"\/10.1-1415\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1415","metadata":false},{"id":345668,"structure_id":49635,"section_number":"10.1-1415.1","catch_line":"Labeling of plastic container products required; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 234 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1373099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345679,"identifier":"10.1-1419","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1419","url":"\/10.1-1419\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1419\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3\/10.1-1419","dublin_core":{"Title":"Litter receptacles; placement; penalty for violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1419","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for the owners or <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation or as a public way who may be required to place and maintain receptacles acceptable to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>.\n\t\t\tIn formulating such regulations the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall consider, among other <span class=\"dictionary\">public places<\/span>, the public highways of the Commonwealth, all parks, campgrounds, trailer parks, drive-in restaurants, construction sites, gasoline service stations, shopping centers, retail store parking lots, parking lots of major industrial and business firms, marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations, public and private piers and beaches and bathing areas. The number of such receptacles required to be placed as specified herein shall be determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> and related to the need for such receptacles. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">litter receptacles<\/span> shall be maintained in a manner to prevent overflow or spillage. <a id=\"paragraph-1288893\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1419\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> owning or operating any establishment or <span class=\"dictionary\">public place<\/span> in which <span class=\"dictionary\">litter receptacles<\/span> of a design acceptable to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> are required by this section shall procure and place such receptacles at his own expense on the premises in accordance with <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> regulations. <a id=\"paragraph-1288894\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1419\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who fails to place and maintain such <span class=\"dictionary\">litter receptacles<\/span> on the premises in the number and manner required by <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> regulation, or who violates the provisions of this section or regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day of violation. <a id=\"paragraph-1288895\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1419\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLITTER RECEPTACLES; PLACEMENT; PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1419)\n\nA. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for\nthe owners or persons in control of any property which is held out to the public\nas a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation or as a\npublic way who may be required to place and maintain receptacles acceptable to\nthe Board.\n\t\t\tIn formulating such regulations the Board shall consider, among other public\nplaces, the public highways of the Commonwealth, all parks, campgrounds, trailer\nparks, drive-in restaurants, construction sites, gasoline service stations,\nshopping centers, retail store parking lots, parking lots of major industrial\nand business firms, marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling\nstations, public and private piers and beaches and bathing areas. The number of\nsuch receptacles required to be placed as specified herein shall be determined\nby the Board and related to the need for such receptacles. Such litter\nreceptacles shall be maintained in a manner to prevent overflow or spillage.\n\nB. A person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which\nlitter receptacles of a design acceptable to the Board are required by this\nsection shall procure and place such receptacles at his own expense on the\npremises in accordance with Board regulations.\n\nC. Any person who fails to place and maintain such litter receptacles on the\npremises in the number and manner required by Board regulation, or who violates\nthe provisions of this section or regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject\nto a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day of violation.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 234, \u00a7 10-277.6; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}