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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 20 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 1954 \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 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72720,"identifier":"38.2-1013","token":"38.2\/10\/2\/38.2-1013","url":"\/38.2-1013\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1013\/","token":"38.2\/10\/2\/38.2-1013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue of proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> may be filed in the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of record with general <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> in the county or city in which the principal office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">insurer<\/span> is located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE OF PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 38.2-1013)\n\nThe petition may be filed in the circuit court of record with general equity\njurisdiction in the county or city in which the principal office of the insurer\nis located.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 20, \u00a7 38.1-495.2; 1986, c. 562.","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}}