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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 49 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 1970 \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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1424427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357996,"identifier":"3.2-5205","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5205","url":"\/3.2-5205\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5205\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunctions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person violates any provision of this article or the regulations adopted hereunder, then either the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> or the State Health <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> any appropriate <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> for relief by <span class=\"dictionary\">injunction<\/span>, without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> does not exist.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJUNCTIONS (\u00a7 3.2-5205)\n\nIf any person violates any provision of this article or the regulations adopted\nhereunder, then either the Commissioner or the State Health Commissioner may\npetition any appropriate circuit court for relief by injunction, without being\ncompelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 49, \u00a7 3.1-530.8; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}