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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 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 1980 \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 1989, chapter 727; in 1993, chapters 995 and 998.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":229339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55680,"identifier":"46.2-1186","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1186","url":"\/46.2-1186\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1186\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1186","dublin_core":{"Title":"False certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1186","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall make, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span>, or knowingly use any imitation or otherwise counterfeit official <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of emissions inspection<\/span>.\n\t\tNo person shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> or cause or permit to be issued any certificate of inspection knowing it to be fictitious or knowing it to have been issued for a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> other than the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> identified on the certificate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFALSE CERTIFICATE (\u00a7 46.2-1186)\n\nNo person shall make, issue, or knowingly use any imitation or otherwise\ncounterfeit official certificate of emissions inspection.\n\t\tNo person shall issue or cause or permit to be issued any certificate of\ninspection knowing it to be fictitious or knowing it to have been issued for a\nvehicle other than the vehicle identified on the certificate.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 469, \u00a7 46.1-326.12; 1989, c. 727; 1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993,\nSp. 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