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It has been modified 2 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 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78316,"identifier":"3.2-3402","token":"3.2\/III\/34\/3.2-3402","url":"\/3.2-3402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3402\/","token":"3.2\/III\/34\/3.2-3402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificates as evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Certificates of inspection and reinspection issued under this chapter by authorized agents of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and those relating to the grade, classification, quality, or condition of agricultural products issued under authority of the Congress of the United States shall be accepted in any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the Commonwealth as prima facie <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of the true grade, classification, condition, or quality of such agricultural product at the time of its inspection.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATES AS EVIDENCE (\u00a7 3.2-3402)\n\nCertificates of inspection and reinspection issued under this chapter by\nauthorized agents of the Department and those relating to the grade,\nclassification, quality, or condition of agricultural products issued under\nauthority of the Congress of the United States shall be accepted in any court of\nthe Commonwealth as prima facie evidence of the true grade, classification,\ncondition, or quality of such agricultural product at the time of its\ninspection.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-31; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-31; 2008, c. 860.","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}}