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It has been modified 6 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 1966, chapter 638; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1978, chapter 595; in 1979, chapter 700; in 1982, chapter 636; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0944\">944<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82221,"identifier":"53.1-144","token":"53.1\/4\/2\/53.1-144","url":"\/53.1-144\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-144\/","token":"53.1\/4\/2\/53.1-144","dublin_core":{"Title":"Term of officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-144","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">parole<\/span> officer shall be authorized initially for a term of one year. 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