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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0767\">767<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0816\">816<\/a>; in 2024, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0086\">86<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65454,"section_number":"46.2-1503.4","catch_line":"General powers and duties of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1503.4\/"},{"id":86104,"section_number":"46.2-1575","catch_line":"Grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking licenses or certificates of dealer registration or qualification","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1575\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231279,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59803,"identifier":"46.2-1528","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1528","url":"\/46.2-1528\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1528\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1528","dublin_core":{"Title":"Examination or audit of licensee; costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1528","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> or authorized representatives of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may examine, during the posted business hours, the records required to be maintained by this chapter. 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