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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 192<\/a> and 234<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187313,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85280,"identifier":"24.2-123","token":"24.2\/1\/6\/24.2-123","url":"\/24.2-123\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-123\/","token":"24.2\/1\/6\/24.2-123","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for registration and voting; prohibition on use of power of attorney","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-123","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No action undertaken to fulfill any requirement of this title to register or vote shall be valid or complete when the action is based on the exercise of a power of attorney<\/span>, or other writing, in which any principal shall have vested any power or authority in an attorney-in-fact<\/span><\/span> or other agent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AND VOTING; PROHIBITION ON USE OF POWER OF\nATTORNEY (\u00a7 24.2-123)\n\nNo action undertaken to fulfill any requirement of this title to register or\nvote shall be valid or complete when the action is based on the exercise of a\npower of attorney, or other writing, in which any principal shall have vested\nany power or authority in an attorney-in-fact or other agent.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 192, 234.","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}}