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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358478</law_id><section_number>30-15.1:1</section_number><catch_line>Use of Senate armorial bearings; penalty</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="73" identifier="30">General Assembly</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Assembly and Officers Thereof</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The armorial bearings adopted by the Senate of Virginia as their official armorial bearings shall carry the following protections on their use:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Only current and former members of the Senate of Virginia and the Clerk of the Senate shall have the authority to utilize such armorial bearings or any facsimile or representations of the armorial bearings. <a id="paragraph-1333695" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-15.1_1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Representations of such armorial bearings used by former members of the Senate shall be colored blue. <a id="paragraph-1333696" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-15.1_1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Such use shall not be for any commercial purpose. <a id="paragraph-1333697" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-15.1_1/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any person violating the provisions of subdivision 1 shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Any person violating the provisions of subdivisions 2 and 3 shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-1333698" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-15.1_1/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, c. 839.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
