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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 561 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1978, chapter 670; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0668\">668<\/a>; in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0148\">148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73406,"section_number":"13.1-565","catch_line":"Voidable franchises","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-565\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":150095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82599,"identifier":"13.1-560","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-560","url":"\/13.1-560\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-560\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-560","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-560","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell a franchise in this Commonwealth unless the franchise is registered under the provisions of this chapter or exempted from registration by rule or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the Commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED (\u00a7 13.1-560)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell a franchise in this\nCommonwealth unless the franchise is registered under the provisions of this\nchapter or exempted from registration by rule or order of the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 561; 1978, c. 670; 2007, c. 668; 2009, c. 148.","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}}