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The civil penalty shall be paid into the local treasury.\n\nB\n\nAny scrap metal purchaser who knowingly violates any provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1389872,"text":"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. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0917\">917<\/a> 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. 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 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0414\">414<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490243,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372699,"identifier":"59.1-136.6","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.6","url":"\/59.1-136.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-136.6\/","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-136.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal purchaser<\/span> who negligently violates any provisions of this article may be assessed a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> 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 <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> to recover such a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span>. The civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> shall be paid into the local treasury. <a id=\"paragraph-1389872\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-136.6\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal purchaser<\/span> who knowingly violates any provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1389873\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-136.6\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES (\u00a7 59.1-136.6)\n\nA. Any scrap metal purchaser who negligently violates any provisions of this\narticle may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $7,500 for each violation.\nAny attorney for the county, city, or town in which an alleged violation of this\narticle occurred may bring a civil action to recover such a civil penalty. The\ncivil penalty shall be paid into the local treasury.\n\nB. Any scrap metal purchaser who knowingly violates any provisions of this\narticle is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.","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"}}