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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 460 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 1984 \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 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0077\">77<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62407,"section_number":"55.1-1303","catch_line":"Landlord's obligations","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1303\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62367,"identifier":"55.1-1312","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1312","url":"\/55.1-1312\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1312\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1312","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of local governments over manufactured home parks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1312","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The governing body of any locality may adopt <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> to enforce the obligations imposed on <span class=\"dictionary\">landlords<\/span> by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Landlord&#039;s obligations\" href=\"\/55.1-1303\/\">55.1-1303<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OVER MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS (\u00a7 55.1-1312)\n\nThe governing body of any locality may adopt ordinances to enforce the\nobligations imposed on landlords by \u00a7 55.1-1303.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 460, \u00a7 55-248.49; 1999, c. 77; 2019, c. 712.","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}}