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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 522 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0925\">925<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":147537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54131,"identifier":"13.1-808","token":"13.1\/10\/1\/13.1-808","url":"\/13.1-808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-808\/","token":"13.1\/10\/1\/13.1-808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A certificate attached to a copy of any <span class=\"dictionary\">document<\/span> admitted to the records of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, bearing the <span class=\"dictionary\">signature<\/span> of the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> or a <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> of the staff of the office of the clerk, which in either case may be in facsimile, and the seal of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, which may be in facsimile, is conclusive <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> that the <span class=\"dictionary\">document<\/span> has been admitted to the records of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVIDENTIARY EFFECT OF COPY OF FILED DOCUMENT (\u00a7 13.1-808)\n\nA certificate attached to a copy of any document admitted to the records of the\nCommission, bearing the signature of the clerk of the Commission or a member of\nthe staff of the office of the clerk, which in either case may be in facsimile,\nand the seal of the Commission, which may be in facsimile, is conclusive\nevidence that the document has been admitted to the records of the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.","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}}