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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 763, 780, and 891 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76590,"identifier":"10.1-501.1","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/1\/10.1-501.1","url":"\/10.1-501.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-501.1\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/1\/10.1-501.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Defense of claims","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-501.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> shall provide the legal defense against any claim made against any <span class=\"dictionary\">soil and water conservation district<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">director<\/span>, officer, agent or employee thereof (i) arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of buildings, grounds or properties owned, leased or maintained by any <span class=\"dictionary\">soil and water conservation district<\/span> or used by district employees or other authorized persons in the course of their employment, or (ii) arising out of acts or omissions of any nature while acting in an authorized <span class=\"dictionary\">governmental<\/span> or proprietary capacity and in the course and scope of employment or authorization.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFENSE OF CLAIMS (\u00a7 10.1-501.1)\n\nThe Attorney General shall provide the legal defense against any claim made\nagainst any soil and water conservation district, director, officer, agent or\nemployee thereof (i) arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of\nbuildings, grounds or properties owned, leased or maintained by any soil and\nwater conservation district or used by district employees or other authorized\npersons in the course of their employment, or (ii) arising out of acts or\nomissions of any nature while acting in an authorized governmental or\nproprietary capacity and in the course and scope of employment or authorization.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 763, 780, 891.","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}}