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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58408,"section_number":"17.1-263","catch_line":"World War I Memorial Record","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-263\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61091,"identifier":"17.1-262","token":"17.1\/2\/6\/17.1-262","url":"\/17.1-262\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-262\/","token":"17.1\/2\/6\/17.1-262","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of discharges of those who served in World War I","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-262","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the honorable discharge of any person who served in the military or naval forces of the United States or its associates during World War I, and who at the time of entering such service was a resident of Virginia shall be delivered to the clerk of any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in this Commonwealth, the clerk shall record the same in the book hereinafter provided for. Copies of honorable discharges certified by the clerk shall be received as evidence<\/span> of the facts<\/span> therein stated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF DISCHARGES OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR I (\u00a7 17.1-262)\n\nWhenever the honorable discharge of any person who served in the military or\nnaval forces of the United States or its associates during World War I, and who\nat the time of entering such service was a resident of Virginia shall be\ndelivered to the clerk of any circuit court in this Commonwealth, the clerk\nshall record the same in the book hereinafter provided for. Copies of honorable\ndischarges certified by the clerk shall be received as evidence of the facts\ntherein stated.\n\nHISTORY: 1924, p. 471, 472, \u00a7\u00a7 17-85, 17-86; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7\u00a7 5214b,\n5214d; 1998, c. 872.","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}}