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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 906 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 1988 \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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272703,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55528,"identifier":"63.2-1947","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1947","url":"\/63.2-1947\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1947\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1947","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assistance by Office of the Attorney General","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1947","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The attorney for the Commonwealth or other attorney who has responsibility for representing a local department<\/span> and local board<\/span> may, with the prior consent of the Attorney General<\/span>, obtain the assistance of the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> in the conduct of litigation<\/span> arising under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSISTANCE BY OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (\u00a7 63.2-1947)\n\nThe attorney for the Commonwealth or other attorney who has responsibility for\nrepresenting a local department and local board may, with the prior consent of\nthe Attorney General, obtain the assistance of the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral in the conduct of litigation arising under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-274.8; 2002, c. 747.","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}}