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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372918</law_id><section_number>59.1-293.21</section_number><catch_line>(Effective July 1, 2025) Enforcement; inspection</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="127" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="29" identifier="23.2">Retail Tobacco Products and Nicotine Vapor Products Containing Liquid Nicotine</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding any other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span> to the contrary, any attorney for the Commonwealth or the attorney for any city, county, or town may cause an action to be brought in the appropriate <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in the name of the Commonwealth or of the county, city, or town to enjoin any violation of this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> may enjoin such violations notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy at <span class="dictionary">law</span>. In any action under this section, it shall not be necessary that <span class="dictionary">damages</span> be proved. <a id="paragraph-1390953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.21/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> are authorized to (i) <span class="dictionary">issue</span> temporary or permanent <span class="dictionary">injunctions</span> to restrain and prevent violations of this chapter and (ii) <span class="dictionary">order</span> forfeiture of any property seized for a violation of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1390954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.21/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate violation and shall be subject to any penalties imposed under this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1390955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.21/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any retailer or wholesaler that sells or distributes any <span class="dictionary">liquid nicotine</span> or <span class="dictionary">nicotine vapor product</span> in the Commonwealth shall be subject to scheduled or unscheduled compliance checks carried out by the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, or an agent thereof, for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1390956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-293.21/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2024, cc. 793, 828.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
