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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 231<\/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 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 2006, chapter 391<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61543,"section_number":"24.2-101","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73142,"identifier":"24.2-417.1","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-417.1","url":"\/24.2-417.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-417.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/4\/24.2-417.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration residence requirements; presumptions in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-417.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In determining the residence<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 24.2-101<\/a> and the domicile and place of abode of a participant in the American Conservation and Youth Service Corps provided for by federal law<\/span> (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 12655 et seq.), there shall be a presumption<\/span> that a participant in the Corps who was domiciled and had a place of abode in Virginia at the time of entering the Corps continues to be domiciled and retains the same place of abode unless the participant expressly states otherwise.\n\t\tIn determining the residence<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 24.2-101<\/a> and domicile and place of abode of a military or merchant marine spouse or dependent, there shall be a presumption<\/span> that a military or merchant marine spouse or dependent who has established physical presence and a place of abode in the Commonwealth shall also have established domicile in the Commonwealth unless the spouse or dependent expressly states otherwise. Once residence<\/span> is changed, the military or merchant marine spouse or dependent may not revert to any previous residence<\/span> without re-establishing new physical presence and intent<\/span> to remain or return.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS; PRESUMPTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7\n24.2-417.1)\n\nIn determining the residence as defined in \u00a7 24.2-101 and the domicile and\nplace of abode of a participant in the American Conservation and Youth Service\nCorps provided for by federal law (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 12655 et seq.), there shall be a\npresumption that a participant in the Corps who was domiciled and had a place of\nabode in Virginia at the time of entering the Corps continues to be domiciled\nand retains the same place of abode unless the participant expressly states\notherwise.\n\t\tIn determining the residence as defined in \u00a7 24.2-101 and domicile and place\nof abode of a military or merchant marine spouse or dependent, there shall be a\npresumption that a military or merchant marine spouse or dependent who has\nestablished physical presence and a place of abode in the Commonwealth shall\nalso have established domicile in the Commonwealth unless the spouse or\ndependent expressly states otherwise. Once residence is changed, the military or\nmerchant marine spouse or dependent may not revert to any previous residence\nwithout re-establishing new physical presence and intent to remain or return.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 231; 2006, c. 391.","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}}