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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 544 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 1988 \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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71070,"section_number":"2.2-507","catch_line":"Legal service in civil matters","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-507\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85117,"identifier":"2.2-4803","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/48\/2.2-4803","url":"\/2.2-4803\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4803\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/48\/2.2-4803","dublin_core":{"Title":"Legal counsel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4803","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Office of the Attorney General<\/span> shall be the primary agency responsible for the provision of all legal services and advice related to the collection of accounts receivable, pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-507<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Attorney General<\/span> shall adopt necessary policies and procedures pertaining to all accounts receivable legal matters and the litigation<\/span> of past-due<\/span> accounts receivable that shall be published together with the policies and procedures adopted by the Department of Accounts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEGAL COUNSEL (\u00a7 2.2-4803)\n\nThe Office of the Attorney General shall be the primary agency responsible for\nthe provision of all legal services and advice related to the collection of\naccounts receivable, pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-507.\n\t\tThe Attorney General shall adopt necessary policies and procedures pertaining\nto all accounts receivable legal matters and the litigation of past-due accounts\nreceivable that shall be published together with the policies and procedures\nadopted by the Department of Accounts.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 544, \u00a7 2.1-729; 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}}