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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 169; in 1968, chapter 578; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":367220,"section_number":"51.5-104","catch_line":"Use of words \"State,\" \"Commonwealth,\" or \"Virginia.\"","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-104\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1463635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367221,"identifier":"51.5-105","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-105","url":"\/51.5-105\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-105\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-105","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain acts declared misdemeanors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-105","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, firm, corporation, institution or association, who (i) shall use or employ an imprint, stamp, symbol or label issued or approved by the Department<\/span> for the Blind and Vision Impaired or an imitation thereof without having registered with the Department<\/span>, or (ii) who shall directly or indirectly by any means indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were made by a blind person<\/span> or persons when in fact<\/span> such goods or articles were not so made, or (iii) who violates any provision of \u00a7 51.5-104<\/a> shall be guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN ACTS DECLARED MISDEMEANORS (\u00a7 51.5-105)\n\nAny person, firm, corporation, institution or association, who (i) shall use or\nemploy an imprint, stamp, symbol or label issued or approved by the Department\nfor the Blind and Vision Impaired or an imitation thereof without having\nregistered with the Department, or (ii) who shall directly or indirectly by any\nmeans indicate or tend to indicate or represent that the goods or articles were\nmade by a blind person or persons when in fact such goods or articles were not\nso made, or (iii) who violates any provision of \u00a7 51.5-104 shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.30; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-171; 2002,\nc. 747.","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"}}