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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356502</law_id><section_number>28.2-1319</section_number><catch_line>Injunctions</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="70" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Habitat</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="13">Wetlands</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Enforcement and Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Violations; penalty" href="/28.2-1318/">28.2-1318</a>.</p></section></text><history>1973, c. 65, &#xA7; 62.1-13.18:1; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
