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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 849 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 1978 \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 1988, chapter 765; in 2015, chapter 534<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":241857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68658,"identifier":"54.1-2815","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/3\/54.1-2815","url":"\/54.1-2815\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2815\/","token":"54.1\/III\/28\/3\/54.1-2815","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application for license; how license signed; duration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2815","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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