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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 622 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 1987 \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 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":263311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69174,"identifier":"6.2-200","token":"6.2\/I\/2\/1\/6.2-200","url":"\/6.2-200\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-200\/","token":"6.2\/I\/2\/1\/6.2-200","dublin_core":{"Title":"Money of account","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-200","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The money of account of the Commonwealth shall be the dollar, cent, and mill. All accounts by public officers shall be kept in accordance with such monetary units. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No writing shall be invalid, nor shall the force of any account or entry be impaired, because a sum of money is expressed in other monetary units. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMONEY OF ACCOUNT (\u00a7 6.2-200)\n\nA. The money of account of the Commonwealth shall be the dollar, cent, and mill.\nAll accounts by public officers shall be kept in accordance with such monetary\nunits.\n\nB. No writing shall be invalid, nor shall the force of any account or entry be\nimpaired, because a sum of money is expressed in other monetary units.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 622, \u00a7 6.1-330.50; 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}}