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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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":236337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65143,"identifier":"51.1-812","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-812","url":"\/51.1-812\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-812\/","token":"51.1\/8\/2\/51.1-812","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disability from natural causes not originating in performance of official duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-812","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any member disabled on account of a natural cause or causes not originating in the performance of the member’s official duties shall receive a minimum sum equal to ten percent of the member’s salary, during such disability, if the member’s disability occurs at any time during the first five years of service and an additional amount equal to two percent of the member’s salary for each additional year of service exceeding five years. At no time shall the disability payment amount exceed one-half of the member’s salary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISABILITY FROM NATURAL CAUSES NOT ORIGINATING IN PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES\n(\u00a7 51.1-812)\n\nAny member disabled on account of a natural cause or causes not originating in\nthe performance of the member’s official duties shall receive a minimum\nsum equal to ten percent of the member’s salary, during such disability,\nif the member’s disability occurs at any time during the first five years\nof service and an additional amount equal to two percent of the member’s\nsalary for each additional year of service exceeding five years. At no time\nshall the disability payment amount exceed one-half of the member’s\nsalary.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 739; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3035j; Code 1950, \u00a7 51-121; 1990,\nc. 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}}