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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 1966, chapter 677; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":175769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66395,"identifier":"2.2-2808","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2808","url":"\/2.2-2808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2808\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acts under color of office; contracts in violation of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">judgments<\/span> given, and all acts executed or done by any person by authority or color of any office or post, or the deputation thereof, before his removal therefrom, shall be as valid as they would be if this chapter had not been enacted; but every <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> or security made or obtained in violation of this chapter shall be void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTS UNDER COLOR OF OFFICE; CONTRACTS IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 2.2-2808)\n\nAll judgments given, and all acts executed or done by any person by authority or\ncolor of any office or post, or the deputation thereof, before his removal\ntherefrom, shall be as valid as they would be if this chapter had not been\nenacted; but every contract or security made or obtained in violation of this\nchapter shall be void.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 2-33; 1966, c. 677, \u00a7 2.1-37; 2001, c. 844.","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}}