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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66032,"identifier":"55.1-2102","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2102","url":"\/55.1-2102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2102\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Variation by agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as expressly provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter shall not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by this chapter shall not be waived. A <span class=\"dictionary\">declarant<\/span> shall not act under a <span class=\"dictionary\">power of attorney<\/span>, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of this chapter or the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVARIATION BY AGREEMENT (\u00a7 55.1-2102)\n\nExcept as expressly provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter shall\nnot be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by this chapter shall not be\nwaived. A declarant shall not act under a power of attorney, or use any other\ndevice, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of this chapter or the\ndeclaration.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-427; 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}}