18.2-381 - Punishment for subsequent offenses; additional penalty for owner. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-381. Punishment for subsequent offenses; additional penalty for owner.

Any person, firm, association or corporation convicted of a second or othersubsequent offense under §§ 18.2-374 through 18.2-379 shall be guilty of aClass 6 felony. However, if the person, firm, association or corporationconvicted of such subsequent offense is the owner of the businessestablishment where each of the offenses occurred, a fine of not more than$10,000 shall be imposed in addition to the penalties otherwise prescribed bythis section.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-236.1; 1960, c. 233; 1968, c. 662; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983,c. 412.)