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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 2000, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0031\">31<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0214\">214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78649,"section_number":"20-22","catch_line":"Attorney for the Commonwealth to ascertain before circuit court name of minister failing to return certificates","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-22\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":178221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60626,"identifier":"20-21","token":"20\/2\/20-21","url":"\/20-21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-21\/","token":"20\/2\/20-21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerk to furnish attorney for the Commonwealth list of licenses not returned by minister","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be the duty of every clerk issuing marriage licenses no later than March 31 of each year to furnish to the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city a list of all marriage licenses issued during the preceding calendar year that have not been returned by the minister or other person celebrating the marriage.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLERK TO FURNISH ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH LIST OF LICENSES NOT RETURNED BY\nMINISTER (\u00a7 20-21)\n\nIt shall be the duty of every clerk issuing marriage licenses no later than\nMarch 31 of each year to furnish to the attorney for the Commonwealth of his\ncounty or city a list of all marriage licenses issued during the preceding\ncalendar year that have not been returned by the minister or other person\ncelebrating the marriage.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5074; 1928, p. 314; 1938, p. 151; 2000, cc. 31, 214.","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}}