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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0175\">175<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1271\">1271<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":359366,"section_number":"32.1-27","catch_line":"Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-27\/"},{"id":359363,"section_number":"32.1-27.1","catch_line":"Additional civil penalty or appointment of a receiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-27.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1429405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358884,"identifier":"32.1-102.10","token":"32.1\/4\/1.1\/32.1-102.10","url":"\/32.1-102.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-102.10\/","token":"32.1\/4\/1.1\/32.1-102.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commencing project without certificate or registration grounds for refusing to issue license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-102.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Commencing any <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> without a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or registration required by this article shall constitute grounds for refusing to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a license for such <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span>. <span class=\"dictionary\">Persons<\/span> commencing any <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> without a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or registration as required by this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations\" href=\"\/32.1-27\/\">32.1-27<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Additional civil penalty or appointment of a receiver\" href=\"\/32.1-27.1\/\">32.1-27.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMENCING PROJECT WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OR REGISTRATION GROUNDS FOR REFUSING TO\nISSUE LICENSE (\u00a7 32.1-102.10)\n\nCommencing any project without a certificate or registration required by this\narticle shall constitute grounds for refusing to issue a license for such\nproject. Persons commencing any project without a certificate or registration as\nrequired by this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in \u00a7\u00a7\n32.1-27 and 32.1-27.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 388; 2009, c. 175; 2020, c. 1271.","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"}}