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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1424691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358058,"identifier":"3.2-5417","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5417","url":"\/3.2-5417\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5417\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5417","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power of injunction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5417","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> is authorized to apply to any appropriate court<\/span> for an injunction<\/span> and such court<\/span> may grant a temporary or permanent injunction<\/span> restraining a person from violating or continuing the violation of any provision of this chapter, when the court<\/span> determines that the testimony<\/span> and evidence<\/span> presented warrants such action, without reference to adequacy of any remedy existing at law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER OF INJUNCTION (\u00a7 3.2-5417)\n\nThe Commissioner is authorized to apply to any appropriate court for an\ninjunction and such court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction\nrestraining a person from violating or continuing the violation of any provision\nof this chapter, when the court determines that the testimony and evidence\npresented warrants such action, without reference to adequacy of any remedy\nexisting at law.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.33; 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"}}