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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 1986 \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":245479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55556,"identifier":"55.1-604","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-604","url":"\/55.1-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-604\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/1\/55.1-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"When clerk may refuse document to be recorded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A clerk may refuse any document for recording in which the name of the person under which the document is to be indexed does not legibly appear or is not otherwise furnished.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN CLERK MAY REFUSE DOCUMENT TO BE RECORDED (\u00a7 55.1-604)\n\nA clerk may refuse any document for recording in which the name of the person\nunder which the document is to be indexed does not legibly appear or is not\notherwise furnished.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 277, \u00a7 55-106.5; 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}}