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It has been modified 5 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 1970, chapter 648; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1979, chapter 700; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1984, chapter 514.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76628,"section_number":"2.2-3706","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3706\/"},{"id":73781,"section_number":"53.1-131.2","catch_line":"Assignment to a home\/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-131.2\/"},{"id":56919,"section_number":"54.1-2523","catch_line":"Confidentiality of data; disclosure of information; discretionary authority of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2523\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238935,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74289,"identifier":"53.1-141","token":"53.1\/4\/2\/53.1-141","url":"\/53.1-141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-141\/","token":"53.1\/4\/2\/53.1-141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Division into probation and parole districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall divide the Commonwealth into as many separate <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">parole<\/span> districts as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. 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