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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 2 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 1990, chapter 85; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80029,"identifier":"63.2-1949","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1949","url":"\/63.2-1949\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1949\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1949","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of city, county, or attorney for the Commonwealth to represent the Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1949","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to carry out the responsibilities of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> imposed under this chapter, any city or county attorney is authorized to represent the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in any civil proceeding necessary for the establishment, modification, enforcement, or collection of support obligations and any attorney for the Commonwealth is authorized to represent the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in any civil or criminal proceeding necessary for the establishment, modification, enforcement, or collection of support obligations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF CITY, COUNTY, OR ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TO REPRESENT THE\nDEPARTMENT (\u00a7 63.2-1949)\n\nIn order to carry out the responsibilities of the Department imposed under this\nchapter, any city or county attorney is authorized to represent the Department\nin any civil proceeding necessary for the establishment, modification,\nenforcement, or collection of support obligations and any attorney for the\nCommonwealth is authorized to represent the Department in any civil or criminal\nproceeding necessary for the establishment, modification, enforcement, or\ncollection of support obligations.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-274.4; 1990, c. 85; 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}}