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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 798<\/a> 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. 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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80296,"section_number":"3.2-4200","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81168,"identifier":"3.2-4216","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4216","url":"\/3.2-4216\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4216\/","token":"3.2\/III\/42\/3\/3.2-4216","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recovery of costs and fees by Attorney General","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4216","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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