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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP1043\">1043<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP1052\">1052<\/a> 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. 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 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0615\">615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73586,"section_number":"13.1-557","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-557\/"}],"permalink":{"id":231693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76324,"identifier":"46.2-1573.26","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.26","url":"\/46.2-1573.26\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1573.26\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.26","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption of franchises from Retail Franchising Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1573.26","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Franchises<\/span> subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to any requirement contained in Chapter 8 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/13.1-557\/\">13.1-557<\/a> et seq.) of Title 13.1.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION OF FRANCHISES FROM RETAIL FRANCHISING ACT (\u00a7 46.2-1573.26)\n\nFranchises subject to the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to any\nrequirement contained in Chapter 8 (\u00a7 13.1-557 et seq.) of Title 13.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 1043, 1052, \u00a7 46.2-1993.65; 2015, c. 615.","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}}