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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 564 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 306<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86149,"section_number":"54.1-3910","catch_line":"Organization and government of Virginia State Bar","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3910\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70822,"identifier":"30-154","token":"30\/15\/30-154","url":"\/30-154\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-154\/","token":"30\/15\/30-154","dublin_core":{"Title":"Publication of Virginia State Bar advisory opinions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-154","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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