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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 366 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1960, chapter 541; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0132\">132<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192703,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57344,"identifier":"29.1-331","token":"29.1\/3\/1\/29.1-331","url":"\/29.1-331\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-331\/","token":"29.1\/3\/1\/29.1-331","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses to be dated, numbered and authenticated","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-331","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All licenses shall be dated, numbered, and authenticated by the clerk or agent by his signature or in such other manner as prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>, and the clerk or agent shall show all other information required by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES TO BE DATED, NUMBERED AND AUTHENTICATED (\u00a7 29.1-331)\n\nAll licenses shall be dated, numbered, and authenticated by the clerk or agent\nby his signature or in such other manner as prescribed by the Director, and the\nclerk or agent shall show all other information required by law or the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 366, \u00a7 29-68.1; 1960, c. 541; 1987, c. 488; 2000, c. 132.","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}}