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It has been modified 4 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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0064\">64<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0427\">427<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57753,"section_number":"1-500","catch_line":"The great seal","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-500\/"},{"id":85027,"section_number":"1-501","catch_line":"The lesser seal","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84757,"identifier":"1-502","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-502","url":"\/1-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-502\/","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Custody; impressions displayed in The Library of Virginia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The seals of the Commonwealth described in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"The great seal\" href=\"\/1-500\/\">1-500<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"The lesser seal\" href=\"\/1-501\/\">1-501<\/a> shall be kept by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and used as provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, and at least three clear impressions of the seals shall be kept and displayed by the Librarian of Virginia in some suitable place in The Library of Virginia, for public inspection.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCUSTODY; IMPRESSIONS DISPLAYED IN THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA (\u00a7 1-502)\n\nThe seals of the Commonwealth described in \u00a7\u00a7 1-500 and 1-501 shall be kept by\nthe Secretary of the Commonwealth and used as provided by law, and at least\nthree clear impressions of the seals shall be kept and displayed by the\nLibrarian of Virginia in some suitable place in The Library of Virginia, for\npublic inspection.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-28; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-28; 1994, c. 64; 1998, c. 427;\n2005, 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}}