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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 333; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54861,"identifier":"15.2-944","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-944","url":"\/15.2-944\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-944\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-944","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to acquire and preserve places and things of historical interest","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-944","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may acquire, except by condemnation, sites, landmarks, structures and records of historical interest and value to the Commonwealth and may restore and preserve them, or may convey them to a nonstock corporation chartered under Virginia law<\/span> for the purposes of acquiring and preserving such places and things. A locality<\/span> may appropriate money to any such corporation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE PLACES AND THINGS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST (\u00a7\n15.2-944)\n\nAny locality may acquire, except by condemnation, sites, landmarks, structures\nand records of historical interest and value to the Commonwealth and may restore\nand preserve them, or may convey them to a nonstock corporation chartered under\nVirginia law for the purposes of acquiring and preserving such places and\nthings. A locality may appropriate money to any such corporation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-7.3; 1962, c. 333, \u00a7 15.1-18.1; 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}}