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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373463</law_id><section_number>59.1-75</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for violation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="127" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="5">Transacting Business Under Assumed Name</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and, upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500 or by confinement in jail for not more than one year, or both.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 59-175; 1968, c. 439; 1991, c. 710.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
