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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles
§ 59.1-136.6. Penalties
Universal Citation: VA Code § 59.1-136.6 (2021)
A. Any scrap metal purchaser who negligently violates any provisions of this article may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $7,500 for each violation. Any attorney for the county, city, or town in which an alleged violation of this article occurred may bring a civil action to recover such a civil penalty. The civil penalty shall be paid into the local treasury.
B. Any scrap metal purchaser who knowingly violates any provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.
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