{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-56-265.24-1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 56-265.24:1","heading":"Request to cease operation; immediate threat; penalty","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of § 56-265.15:1, any person, as defined in § 56-265.15, who knowingly and intentionally excavates after being notified by a representative of the Commission of a determination that such excavation constitutes an immediate threat to safety or property and such representative requests that excavation cease is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The representative of the Commission shall immediately notify the agency with primary law-enforcement authority over the area of excavation, as well as the fire marshal, (i) that such excavation site is a threat to safety or property and (ii) of the request to cease excavation.2023, cc. 299, 300.","path":["Title 56. Public Service Companies","Chapter 10.3. Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/56-265.24:1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:34Z","sha256":"263c26743e7c50c9e2beed94d2738d31e34b31da34c6d40f7a51169f3d9569f9","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-56-265.24","next":"us-va/va.-code-56-265.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}