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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":160199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66323,"identifier":"15.2-6316","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6316","url":"\/15.2-6316\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6316\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rights and remedies of obligees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6316","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">an authority<\/span> shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee<\/span>, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> to compel <span class=\"dictionary\">the authority<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">commissioners<\/span>, officers, agents or employees thereof, to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">the authority<\/span> with or for the benefit of such <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee<\/span>, and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of <span class=\"dictionary\">the authority<\/span> and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon <span class=\"dictionary\">the authority<\/span> by this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-240813\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-6316\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> By suit, action or proceeding in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span>, to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of such <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee of the authority<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-240814\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-6316\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF OBLIGEES (\u00a7 15.2-6316)\n\nAn obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights\nwhich may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual\nrestrictions binding upon such obligee:\n\n1. By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel the\nauthority and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof, to\nperform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of\nthe authority with or for the benefit of such obligee, and to require the\ncarrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of the authority and\nthe fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this chapter.\n\n2. By suit, action or proceeding in equity, to enjoin any acts or things which\nmay be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of the\nauthority.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-954; 1954, c. 645; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1337; 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}}