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Until refunded or otherwise disposed of, such funds, interests therein, and rights thereto shall not be subject to legal, judicial, or other process.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218174,"text":"The accumulated contributions of the members of the abolished system shall be refunded to the persons entitled to the contributions. No interest shall accumulate after February 1, 1952. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59555,"identifier":"51.1-401","token":"51.1\/4\/51.1-401","url":"\/51.1-401\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-401\/","token":"51.1\/4\/51.1-401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Accumulated contributions under abolished system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The accumulated contributions of the members of the abolished system shall be refunded to the persons entitled to the contributions. No interest shall accumulate after February 1, 1952. Until refunded or otherwise disposed of, such funds, interests therein, and rights thereto shall not be subject to legal, judicial, or other process.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER ABOLISHED SYSTEM (\u00a7 51.1-401)\n\nThe accumulated contributions of the members of the abolished system shall be\nrefunded to the persons entitled to the contributions. No interest shall\naccumulate after February 1, 1952. Until refunded or otherwise disposed of, such\nfunds, interests therein, and rights thereto shall not be subject to legal,\njudicial, or other process.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 1, \u00a7 51-111.68; 1990, c. 832.","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}}