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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 242 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67961,"identifier":"3.2-5710","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5710","url":"\/3.2-5710\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5710\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5710","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificate of Conformance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5710","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any service agency engaged in the sale of any weights or measures shall sell only weights or measures that have received a <span class=\"dictionary\">Certificate of Conformance<\/span>. 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Any\nservice agency or service technician engaged in the adjustment, installation,\nplacing in service, recommending for use, repair, or servicing of any weight or\nmeasure shall do so in a manner so as to ensure the continued validity of the\nCertificate of Conformance.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.11; 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}}