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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 801 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 1968 \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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0461\">461<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62676,"identifier":"27-3.1","token":"27\/1\/27-3.1","url":"\/27-3.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-3.1\/","token":"27\/1\/27-3.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public liability insurance to cover claims arising out of mutual aid agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-3.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The governing body of any city, county or town in the Commonwealth is authorized to procure or extend the necessary public liability insurance to cover claims arising out of mutual aid agreements executed with other cities, counties, or towns outside the Commonwealth, including the District of Columbia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE TO COVER CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS\n(\u00a7 27-3.1)\n\nThe governing body of any city, county or town in the Commonwealth is authorized\nto procure or extend the necessary public liability insurance to cover claims\narising out of mutual aid agreements executed with other cities, counties, or\ntowns outside the Commonwealth, including the District of Columbia.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 801; 1995, c. 461.","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}}