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This law was first created in 1982. 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 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70660,"section_number":"55.1-2184","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2184\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75080,"section_number":"13.1-501","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-501\/"},{"id":72981,"section_number":"13.1-527.3","catch_line":"Commission to provide technical assistance","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-527.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247363,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84882,"identifier":"55.1-2159","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/4\/55.1-2159","url":"\/55.1-2159\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2159\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/4\/55.1-2159","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public offering statement; cooperative securities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2159","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an interest in a cooperative is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, a declarant<\/span> satisfies all requirements relating to the preparation of a public offering<\/span> statement of this chapter if he delivers to the purchaser<\/span> and files with the agency a copy of the public offering<\/span> statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A cooperative interest<\/span> is not a security under the provisions of the Securities Act, \u00a7\u00a7 13.1-501<\/a> through 13.1-527.3<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC OFFERING STATEMENT; COOPERATIVE SECURITIES (\u00a7 55.1-2159)\n\nIf an interest in a cooperative is currently registered with the Securities and\nExchange Commission of the United States, a declarant satisfies all requirements\nrelating to the preparation of a public offering statement of this chapter if he\ndelivers to the purchaser and files with the agency a copy of the public\noffering statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A\ncooperative interest is not a security under the provisions of the Securities\nAct, \u00a7\u00a7 13.1-501 through 13.1-527.3.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-482; 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}}