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It has been modified 4 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 1966, chapter 584; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0016\">16<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0192\">192<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78115,"section_number":"6.2-1500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1500\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":265823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76723,"identifier":"6.2-1502","token":"6.2\/III\/15\/6.2-1502","url":"\/6.2-1502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1502\/","token":"6.2\/III\/15\/6.2-1502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain persons ineligible as licensees; exception for subsidiaries","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> doing business under the authority of any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth or of the United States relating to banks, savings institutions, trust companies, building and loan associations, industrial loan associations, or credit unions shall be eligible for licensure under this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-275445\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1502\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Nothing contained in subsection A or any other section of this title shall be construed to prevent a subsidiary of a bank or savings institution from becoming a <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> under this chapter. A <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> that is a subsidiary or affiliate of a bank or savings institution shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter, and all regulations adopted hereunder, as fully as if such <span class=\"dictionary\">licensee<\/span> were not such a subsidiary or affiliate. <a id=\"paragraph-275446\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/6.2-1502\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN PERSONS INELIGIBLE AS LICENSEES; EXCEPTION FOR SUBSIDIARIES (\u00a7\n6.2-1502)\n\nA. No person doing business under the authority of any law of the Commonwealth\nor of the United States relating to banks, savings institutions, trust\ncompanies, building and loan associations, industrial loan associations, or\ncredit unions shall be eligible for licensure under this chapter.\n\nB. Nothing contained in subsection A or any other section of this title shall be\nconstrued to prevent a subsidiary of a bank or savings institution from becoming\na licensee under this chapter. A licensee that is a subsidiary or affiliate of a\nbank or savings institution shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter,\nand all regulations adopted hereunder, as fully as if such licensee were not\nsuch a subsidiary or affiliate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-280; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-250; 1996, c. 16; 2000, c.\n192; 2010, c. 794.","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}}