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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0566\">566<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68973,"section_number":"2.2-4347","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4347\/"}],"permalink":{"id":142879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64246,"identifier":"1-206","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-206","url":"\/1-206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-206\/","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certified mail equivalent to registered mail; certain subsequent mail or notice may be sent by regular mail","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If any mail or notice is required to be sent by registered mail, it shall constitute compliance with this requirement if such mail or notice is sent by certified mail. <a id=\"paragraph-233883\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-206\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, whenever a <span class=\"dictionary\">state agency<\/span> is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by such <span class=\"dictionary\">state agency<\/span> may be sent by regular mail. <a id=\"paragraph-233884\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-206\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">state agency<\/span>&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/2.2-4347\/\">2.2-4347<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-233885\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-206\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL EQUIVALENT TO REGISTERED MAIL; CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT MAIL OR NOTICE\nMAY BE SENT BY REGULAR MAIL (\u00a7 1-206)\n\nA. 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