CODE OF VIRGINIA FAILURE TO KEEP OR RETAIN RECORDS; CIVIL PENALTY (ยง 58.1-2270) Any person who fails to keep or retain records as required by this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty assessed against a person for his first violation shall be $ 1,000. The amount of the civil penalty assessed against a person for each subsequent violation shall be $ 1,000 more than the amount of the civil penalty for the preceding violation. HISTORY: 2000, cc. 729, 758.