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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368968</law_id><section_number>54.1-3944</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for violation</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="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Attorneys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="6" identifier="7">Solicitation of Professional Employment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. In addition, any person employed as an officer, director, trustee, clerk, servant or <span class="dictionary">agent</span> of this Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth found guilty of violating the provisions of this article shall forfeit the right of his office and his employment.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-82; 1964, c. 622, &#xA7; 54-83.1:3; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
