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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 1954, chapter 645; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":160155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59423,"identifier":"15.2-6307","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6307","url":"\/15.2-6307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6307\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Legal services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For such legal services as it may require, <span class=\"dictionary\">the authority<\/span> may employ its own <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> and legal staff or make use of legal services made available to it by any public body, or both.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEGAL SERVICES (\u00a7 15.2-6307)\n\nFor such legal services as it may require, the authority may employ its own\ncounsel and legal staff or make use of legal services made available to it by\nany public body, or both.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-944; 1954, c. 645; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1327; 1997,\nc. 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}}