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It shall be the responsibility of the secretary of such company or the secretary’s designee to (i) file the list with the office of the clerk of the circuit court where such company is located, (ii) keep the list of such members up to date, and (iii) file the updated list with the clerk in a timely manner. The clerk shall not be responsible to obtain the list or an updated list from the secretary of the fire-fighting company if the list is not filed with the clerk.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310398,"text":"For the purposes of this article, the term “volunteer fire fighters” shall include only members of any organized fire-fighting company which has in its possession and operates fire-fighting apparatus and equipment, whose members serve without pay and whose names are maintained on a list kept by the secretary of such company. It shall be the responsibility of the secretary of such company or the secretary’s designee to (i) file the list with the office of the clerk of the circuit court where such company is located, (ii) keep the list of such members up to date, and (iii) file the updated list with the clerk in a timely manner. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1977, chapter 326; in 2012, chapter 802<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 291<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60550,"section_number":"27-23.11","catch_line":"Firefighter electric vehicles fire training","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-23.11\/"},{"id":62658,"section_number":"27-40.3","catch_line":"Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-40.3\/"},{"id":81197,"section_number":"9.1-201","catch_line":"Powers of Executive Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-201\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86674,"identifier":"27-42","token":"27\/4\/2\/27-42","url":"\/27-42\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-42\/","token":"27\/4\/2\/27-42","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition of term “volunteer fire fighters.”","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-42","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this article, the term “volunteer fire fighters” shall include only members of any organized fire-fighting company which has in its possession<\/span> and operates fire-fighting apparatus and equipment, whose members serve without pay and whose names are maintained on a list kept by the secretary of such company. It shall be the responsibility of the secretary of such company or the secretary’s designee to (i) file the list with the office of the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> where such company is located, (ii) keep the list of such members up to date, and (iii) file the updated list with the clerk in a timely manner. The clerk shall not be responsible to obtain the list or an updated list from the secretary of the fire-fighting company if the list is not filed with the clerk.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION OF TERM “VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS.” (\u00a7 27-42)\n\nFor the purposes of this article, the term “volunteer fire fighters”\nshall include only members of any organized fire-fighting company which has in\nits possession and operates fire-fighting apparatus and equipment, whose members\nserve without pay and whose names are maintained on a list kept by the secretary\nof such company. It shall be the responsibility of the secretary of such company\nor the secretary’s designee to (i) file the list with the office of the\nclerk of the circuit court where such company is located, (ii) keep the list of\nsuch members up to date, and (iii) file the updated list with the clerk in a\ntimely manner. The clerk shall not be responsible to obtain the list or an\nupdated list from the secretary of the fire-fighting company if the list is not\nfiled with the clerk.\n\nHISTORY: 1928, p. 1002; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3144b; 1977, c. 326; 2012, c. 802;\n2014, c. 291.","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}}