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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 580 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 594; in 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0269\">269<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0590\">590<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57866,"identifier":"47.1-21","token":"47.1\/4\/47.1-21","url":"\/47.1-21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-21\/","token":"47.1\/4\/47.1-21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission as notary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The commission of a <span class=\"dictionary\">notary public<\/span> shall be four years, except as shall be otherwise provided in this title. 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