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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 432 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 1993 \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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0067\">67<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0608\">608<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71982,"section_number":"6.2-1067","catch_line":"Trust business of out-of-state trust institution","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1067\/"}],"permalink":{"id":263749,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64030,"identifier":"6.2-1014","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1014","url":"\/6.2-1014\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1014\/","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1014","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificate required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall engage in the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust business<\/span> without first obtaining a certificate of authority from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>; however, a bank or savings institution authorized under state or federal <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> to engage in the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust business<\/span> or a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust subsidiary<\/span>, including a national bank or federal savings bank described in clause (ii) of subsection B of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Trust business of out-of-state trust institution\" href=\"\/6.2-1067\/\">6.2-1067<\/a>, may engage in such business to the extent permitted by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> without obtaining a certificate under this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATE REQUIRED (\u00a7 6.2-1014)\n\nNo person shall engage in the trust business without first obtaining a\ncertificate of authority from the Commission; however, a bank or savings\ninstitution authorized under state or federal laws to engage in the trust\nbusiness or a trust subsidiary, including a national bank or federal savings\nbank described in clause (ii) of subsection B of \u00a7 6.2-1067, may engage in such\nbusiness to the extent permitted by law without obtaining a certificate under\nthis article.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 432, \u00a7 6.1-32.13; 2010, c. 794; 2011, c. 67; 2012, c. 608.","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}}