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It has been modified 3 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 1970, chapter 606; in 1977, chapter 397; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0537\">537<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68526,"identifier":"42.1-62","token":"42.1\/4\/42.1-62","url":"\/42.1-62\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-62\/","token":"42.1\/4\/42.1-62","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additions to Library","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-62","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> shall, from time to time, make additions to the State <span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span> Library by purchases, and may lease or purchase computer terminals for the purpose of retrieving available legal reference data, with funds at its disposal for these purposes, and may cause books to be transferred from one <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> library to another. All <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> books acquired by the Commonwealth by gift, or by exchange, from the United States, or other states and countries, shall be placed in the Library.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONS TO LIBRARY (\u00a7 42.1-62)\n\nThe Supreme Court shall, from time to time, make additions to the State Law\nLibrary by purchases, and may lease or purchase computer terminals for the\npurpose of retrieving available legal reference data, with funds at its disposal\nfor these purposes, and may cause books to be transferred from one law library\nto another. All law books acquired by the Commonwealth by gift, or by exchange,\nfrom the United States, or other states and countries, shall be placed in the\nLibrary.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 42-15; 1970, c. 606; 1977, c. 397; 2011, c. 537.","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}}