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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1998, chapter 848<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 327<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 448<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244511,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55351,"identifier":"54.1-4012","token":"54.1\/V\/40\/54.1-4012","url":"\/54.1-4012\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4012\/","token":"54.1\/V\/40\/54.1-4012","dublin_core":{"Title":"Property pawned or purchased not to be disfigured or changed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4012","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No property received on deposit or pledged or purchased by any pawnbroker shall be disfigured or its identity destroyed or affected in any manner (i) so long as it continues in pawn or in the possession<\/span> of the pawnbroker while in pawn or (ii) in an effort to obtain a serial number or other information for identification purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPERTY PAWNED OR PURCHASED NOT TO BE DISFIGURED OR CHANGED (\u00a7 54.1-4012)\n\nNo property received on deposit or pledged or purchased by any pawnbroker shall\nbe disfigured or its identity destroyed or affected in any manner (i) so long as\nit continues in pawn or in the possession of the pawnbroker while in pawn or\n(ii) in an effort to obtain a serial number or other information for\nidentification purposes.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-855; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 848; 1999, c. 327; 2003,\nc. 448.","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}}