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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 857<\/a> and 937<\/a> 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. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 773<\/a> and 774<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61753,"section_number":"30-356","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Council","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-356\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70868,"identifier":"2.2-427","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-427","url":"\/2.2-427\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-427\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/3\/2.2-427","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filings; inspection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-427","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Registration statements shall be open to public inspection and copying during the regular business hours of the office of the Secretary<\/span> of the Commonwealth. Lobbying reports shall be open to public inspection and copying during the regular business hours of the Council<\/span>.\n\t\tRegistration statements shall be deemed to have been filed only when actually received in the office of the Secretary<\/span> or mailed to the Secretary<\/span> by registered, certified, or regular mail with the sender retaining sufficient proof of mailing, which may be a United States Postal Certificate of Mailing. Lobbying reports shall be deemed to have been filed only when received by the Council<\/span> in accordance with the standards approved by the Council<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 30-356<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILINGS; INSPECTION (\u00a7 2.2-427)\n\nRegistration statements shall be open to public inspection and copying during\nthe regular business hours of the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.\nLobbying reports shall be open to public inspection and copying during the\nregular business hours of the Council.\n\t\tRegistration statements shall be deemed to have been filed only when actually\nreceived in the office of the Secretary or mailed to the Secretary by\nregistered, certified, or regular mail with the sender retaining sufficient\nproof of mailing, which may be a United States Postal Certificate of Mailing.\nLobbying reports shall be deemed to have been filed only when received by the\nCouncil in accordance with the standards approved by the Council pursuant to \u00a7\n30-356.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 857, 937, \u00a7 2.1-787; 2001, c. 844; 2016, cc. 773, 774.","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}}