CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTIES (§ 59.1-136.6)

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.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.