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It has been modified 4 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 1970, chapter 462; in 1984, chapter 480; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP1015\">1015<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63717,"section_number":"24.2-411","catch_line":"Office of the general registrar","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-411\/"},{"id":57278,"section_number":"24.2-416.1","catch_line":"Voter registration by mail","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-416.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187365,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65608,"identifier":"24.2-1002","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1002","url":"\/24.2-1002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-1002\/","token":"24.2\/10\/24.2-1002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interference with registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-1002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who, by threats or force, interferes with or attempts to interfere with (i) any registrar in the discharge of his duty, (ii) any person applying to register or declining to apply to register, or (iii) any person going to or leaving a registration location as defined in Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Office of the general registrar\" href=\"\/24.2-411\/\">24.2-411<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of this title or a <span class=\"dictionary\">polling place<\/span>, or (iv) any person going to or leaving any other location at which persons offer mail applications under Article 3.1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Voter registration by mail\" href=\"\/24.2-416.1\/\">24.2-416.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of this title shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERFERENCE WITH REGISTRATION (\u00a7 24.2-1002)\n\nAny person who, by threats or force, interferes with or attempts to interfere\nwith (i) any registrar in the discharge of his duty, (ii) any person applying to\nregister or declining to apply to register, or (iii) any person going to or\nleaving a registration location as defined in Article 3 (\u00a7 24.2-411 et seq.) of\nChapter 4 of this title or a polling place, or (iv) any person going to or\nleaving any other location at which persons offer mail applications under\nArticle 3.1 (\u00a7 24.2-416.1 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of this title shall be guilty\nof a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-116; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-265; 1984, c. 480, \u00a7\n24.1-49.01; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 1015.","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}}