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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 1962, chapter 298; 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":197849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83661,"identifier":"3.2-5616","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5616","url":"\/3.2-5616\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5616\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fees of sealers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No fee shall be charged by the <span class=\"dictionary\">sealer<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">weights and measures<\/span>, or by the county or city, for inspecting, testing, or sealing of weights or measures, except that the governing body of a city or county employing a <span class=\"dictionary\">sealer<\/span> may, by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, prescribe a schedule of fees for such services as are rendered by agreement with or at the request of the person or <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> served. 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