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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1952 \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":216407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87377,"identifier":"38.2-4002","token":"38.2\/40\/38.2-4002","url":"\/38.2-4002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4002\/","token":"38.2\/40\/38.2-4002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuation of existing societies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any burial society that was licensed and operating as a burial society on July 1, 1952, in this Commonwealth may continue to operate as a burial society as long as it complies with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable <span class=\"dictionary\">statutes<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUATION OF EXISTING SOCIETIES (\u00a7 38.2-4002)\n\nAny burial society that was licensed and operating as a burial society on July\n1, 1952, in this Commonwealth may continue to operate as a burial society as\nlong as it complies with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable\nstatutes.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-552; 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}}