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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 498 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 1980 \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 1989, chapter 258.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65870,"section_number":"27-94","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-94\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190229,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63484,"identifier":"27-34.4","token":"27\/3\/27-34.4","url":"\/27-34.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-34.4\/","token":"27\/3\/27-34.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection and review of plans of buildings under construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-34.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Inspection of buildings other than state-owned buildings under construction and the review and approval of building plans for these structures for enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code shall be the sole responsibility of the appropriate local building inspectors. Upon completion of such structures, responsibility for fire safety protection shall pass to the local fire marshal or official designated by the locality to enforce the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/27-94\/\">27-94<\/a> et seq.) in those localities which enforce the Statewide Fire Prevention Code.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION AND REVIEW OF PLANS OF BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 27-34.4)\n\nInspection of buildings other than state-owned buildings under construction and\nthe review and approval of building plans for these structures for enforcement\nof the Uniform Statewide Building Code shall be the sole responsibility of the\nappropriate local building inspectors. Upon completion of such structures,\nresponsibility for fire safety protection shall pass to the local fire marshal\nor official designated by the locality to enforce the Statewide Fire Prevention\nCode (\u00a7 27-94 et seq.) in those localities which enforce the Statewide Fire\nPrevention Code.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 498; 1989, c. 258.","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}}