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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 717 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0265\">265<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0386\">386<\/a>; 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":245751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57762,"identifier":"55.1-701","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-701","url":"\/55.1-701\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-701\/","token":"55.1\/II\/7\/55.1-701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this chapter apply only with respect to transfers by sale, exchange, installment land sales <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>, or lease with option to buy of residential real property consisting of not less than one nor more than four dwelling units, whether or not the transaction is with the assistance of a licensed real estate broker or salesperson.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY (\u00a7 55.1-701)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter apply only with respect to transfers by sale,\nexchange, installment land sales contract, or lease with option to buy of\nresidential real property consisting of not less than one nor more than four\ndwelling units, whether or not the transaction is with the assistance of a\nlicensed real estate broker or salesperson.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 717, \u00a7 55-517; 2007, c. 265; 2017, c. 386; 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}}