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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 1968, chapter 439; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2004, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0062\">62<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0393\">393<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55059,"identifier":"15.2-1208","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1208","url":"\/15.2-1208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1208\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Same; in certain counties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, requiring permits to sell or purchase pistols or revolvers in any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> having a density of population of more than 1,000 a square mile, is repealed. 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Upon\ndestroying the records, the county shall certify to the circuit court that such\ndestruction has been completed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-144; 1968, c. 439, \u00a7 15.1-525; 1997, c. 587; 2004,\ncc. 62, 393.","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}}