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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85294,"identifier":"15.2-1241","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/3\/15.2-1241","url":"\/15.2-1241\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1241\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/3\/15.2-1241","dublin_core":{"Title":"Signing records when chairman has died, moved, etc., before signing them","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1241","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the chairman of any county<\/span> governing body<\/span> who should have signed the records of the proceedings of any meeting of the governing body<\/span> has died, moved from the county<\/span>, completed his term of office or for any other reason become incapacitated to perform the duties of his office, without having signed such records, the governing body<\/span> shall have such records read at a regular meeting and if no error appears shall direct its then chairman to sign such record. The governing body<\/span> shall thereupon enter on its records the fact<\/span> of such reading and signing. Such records, when so signed, shall be as valid as if they had been signed by the chairman who presided at the time when such order<\/span> or orders<\/span> were made.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIGNING RECORDS WHEN CHAIRMAN HAS DIED, MOVED, ETC., BEFORE SIGNING THEM (\u00a7\n15.2-1241)\n\nWhen the chairman of any county governing body who should have signed the\nrecords of the proceedings of any meeting of the governing body has died, moved\nfrom the county, completed his term of office or for any other reason become\nincapacitated to perform the duties of his office, without having signed such\nrecords, the governing body shall have such records read at a regular meeting\nand if no error appears shall direct its then chairman to sign such record. The\ngoverning body shall thereupon enter on its records the fact of such reading and\nsigning. Such records, when so signed, shall be as valid as if they had been\nsigned by the chairman who presided at the time when such order or orders were\nmade.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-235; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-530; 1997, c. 587.","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}}