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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 102; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84757,"section_number":"1-502","catch_line":"Custody; impressions displayed in The Library of Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-502\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85027,"identifier":"1-501","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-501","url":"\/1-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-501\/","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"The lesser seal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The lesser seal of the Commonwealth shall be one and nine sixteenths inches in diameter, and be engraved with the device and inscriptions contained in the obverse of the great seal.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHE LESSER SEAL (\u00a7 1-501)\n\nThe lesser seal of the Commonwealth shall be one and nine sixteenths inches in\ndiameter, and be engraved with the device and inscriptions contained in the\nobverse of the great seal.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-27; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-27; 2005, c. 839.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}