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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 291 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 1979 \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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0890\">890<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0841\">841<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71572,"section_number":"56-265.17","catch_line":"Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77696,"identifier":"56-265.21","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.21","url":"\/56-265.21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.21\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Marking by color","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In marking the approximate location of underground utility lines or proposed excavation if required pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site\" href=\"\/56-265.17\/\">56-265.17<\/a> the American Public Works Association color codes shall be used.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMARKING BY COLOR (\u00a7 56-265.21)\n\nIn marking the approximate location of underground utility lines or proposed\nexcavation if required pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 56-265.17 the American\nPublic Works Association color codes shall be used.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 291; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841.","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}}