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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 584; in 2003, chapter 437<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66790,"section_number":"6.2-2307","catch_line":"Disposition of contents","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2307\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70240,"section_number":"6.2-2305","catch_line":"Notice to lessee upon nonpayment of rent","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-2305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":267103,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60132,"identifier":"6.2-2306","token":"6.2\/IV\/23\/6.2-2306","url":"\/6.2-2306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-2306\/","token":"6.2\/IV\/23\/6.2-2306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Opening box; marking contents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-2306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the expiration of 60 days from the date of mailing the notice required by \u00a7 6.2-2305<\/a> and the failure within such period of the lessee<\/span> of the box<\/span> according to the records of the company<\/span> to pay the amount due for the rental thereof, together with any charges for which the rental agreement provides, the company<\/span> may, in the presence of two company<\/span> employees, one of whom shall be a notary public, cause the box<\/span> to be opened and the contents thereof, if any, to be removed, inventoried, and sealed<\/span> up by the notary public in a package. The notary public shall distinctly mark upon the package the name of the lessee<\/span> of the box<\/span> according to the records of the company<\/span> and the date of removal of the property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPENING BOX; MARKING CONTENTS (\u00a7 6.2-2306)\n\nUpon the expiration of 60 days from the date of mailing the notice required by\n\u00a7 6.2-2305 and the failure within such period of the lessee of the box\naccording to the records of the company to pay the amount due for the rental\nthereof, together with any charges for which the rental agreement provides, the\ncompany may, in the presence of two company employees, one of whom shall be a\nnotary public, cause the box to be opened and the contents thereof, if any, to\nbe removed, inventoried, and sealed up by the notary public in a package. The\nnotary public shall distinctly mark upon the package the name of the lessee of\nthe box according to the records of the company and the date of removal of the\nproperty.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 6-265; 1966, c. 584, \u00a7 6.1-334; 2003, c. 437; 2010, c.\n794.","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}}