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This remedy shall be exclusive of and in addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed under \u00a7 28.2-1318.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1327294,"text":"Upon the petition of the Commission or a wetlands board to the circuit court of the county or city where any act is done or threatened which is unlawful under this chapter, the court may enjoin the unlawful act and order the defendant to take any steps necessary to restore, protect, and preserve the wetlands involved. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 65 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":356501,"section_number":"28.2-1318","catch_line":"Violations; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1318\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1419083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356502,"identifier":"28.2-1319","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/4\/28.2-1319","url":"\/28.2-1319\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1319\/","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/4\/28.2-1319","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injunctions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1319","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> or a <span class=\"dictionary\">wetlands board<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the county or city where any act is done or threatened which is unlawful under this chapter, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may enjoin the unlawful act and <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> to take any steps necessary to restore, protect, and preserve the wetlands involved. This remedy shall be exclusive of and in addition to any criminal <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> which may be imposed under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Violations; penalty\" href=\"\/28.2-1318\/\">28.2-1318<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJUNCTIONS (\u00a7 28.2-1319)\n\nUpon the petition of the Commission or a wetlands board to the circuit court of\nthe county or city where any act is done or threatened which is unlawful under\nthis chapter, the court may enjoin the unlawful act and order the defendant to\ntake any steps necessary to restore, protect, and preserve the wetlands\ninvolved. This remedy shall be exclusive of and in addition to any criminal\npenalty which may be imposed under \u00a7 28.2-1318.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 65, \u00a7 62.1-13.18:1; 1992, c. 836.","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"}}