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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345679</law_id><section_number>10.1-1419</section_number><catch_line>Litter receptacles; placement; penalty for violations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="14">Virginia Waste Management Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="3">Litter Control and Recycling</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for the owners or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation or as a public way who may be required to place and maintain receptacles acceptable to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
			In formulating such regulations the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consider, among other <span class="dictionary">public places</span>, the public highways of the Commonwealth, all parks, campgrounds, trailer parks, drive-in restaurants, construction sites, gasoline service stations, shopping centers, retail store parking lots, parking lots of major industrial and business firms, marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations, public and private piers and beaches and bathing areas. The number of such receptacles required to be placed as specified herein shall be determined by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and related to the need for such receptacles. Such <span class="dictionary">litter receptacles</span> shall be maintained in a manner to prevent overflow or spillage. <a id="paragraph-1288893" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1419/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> owning or operating any establishment or <span class="dictionary">public place</span> in which <span class="dictionary">litter receptacles</span> of a design acceptable to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> are required by this section shall procure and place such receptacles at his own expense on the premises in accordance with <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulations. <a id="paragraph-1288894" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1419/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who fails to place and maintain such <span class="dictionary">litter receptacles</span> on the premises in the number and manner required by <span class="dictionary">Board</span> regulation, or who violates the provisions of this section or regulations adopted hereunder shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day of violation. <a id="paragraph-1288895" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1419/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 234, &#xA7; 10-277.6; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
