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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 403 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61592,"section_number":"2.2-417","catch_line":"Use of registered motto or slogan or recognizable variation thereof; penalty for violation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-417\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59037,"identifier":"2.2-416","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/2\/2.2-416","url":"\/2.2-416\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-416\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/2\/2.2-416","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of mottoes or slogans of state departments; exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-416","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any state department, division, board, commission, agency or facility owned and operated by the Commonwealth, which develops or creates, or commissions the development or creation of a motto or slogan for its use pursuant to or in furtherance of the programs or business of the department, division, agency or facility, shall without delay register the motto or slogan with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, who shall maintain a record of such registration to be open to public inspection during normal office hours.\n\t\tHowever, public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and units of the Virginia National Guard shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF MOTTOES OR SLOGANS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS; EXEMPTIONS (\u00a7 2.2-416)\n\nAny state department, division, board, commission, agency or facility owned and\noperated by the Commonwealth, which develops or creates, or commissions the\ndevelopment or creation of a motto or slogan for its use pursuant to or in\nfurtherance of the programs or business of the department, division, agency or\nfacility, shall without delay register the motto or slogan with the Secretary of\nthe Commonwealth, who shall maintain a record of such registration to be open to\npublic inspection during normal office hours.\n\t\tHowever, public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and units\nof the Virginia National Guard shall be exempt from the requirements of this\nsection.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 403, \u00a7 2.1-81.1; 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}}