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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654 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 1968 \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":[{"id":84175,"section_number":"38.2-4104","catch_line":"Purposes and powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4104\/"}],"permalink":{"id":216547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75723,"identifier":"38.2-4112","token":"38.2\/41\/3\/38.2-4112","url":"\/38.2-4112\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4112\/","token":"38.2\/41\/3\/38.2-4112","dublin_core":{"Title":"Institutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4112","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A society<\/span> may create, maintain and operate, or may establish organizations to operate, not for profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by subdivision 2 of subsection A of \u00a7 38.2-4104<\/a>. Such institutions may furnish services free or at a reasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned, held or leased by the society<\/span> for this purpose shall be reported in every annual statement. No society<\/span> shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSTITUTIONS (\u00a7 38.2-4112)\n\nA society may create, maintain and operate, or may establish organizations to\noperate, not for profit institutions to further the purposes permitted by\nsubdivision 2 of subsection A of \u00a7 38.2-4104. Such institutions may furnish\nservices free or at a reasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned,\nheld or leased by the society for this purpose shall be reported in every annual\nstatement. No society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking\nestablishments.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 654, \u00a7 38.1-638.36; 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}}