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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272507,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72889,"identifier":"63.2-1959","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/10\/63.2-1959","url":"\/63.2-1959\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1959\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/10\/63.2-1959","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department exempt from fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1959","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No filing or recording fees, <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> fees, or fees for <span class=\"dictionary\">service of process<\/span> shall be required from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> by any clerk, auditor, sheriff or other local officer for the filing of any actions or documents authorized by this chapter or, for the service of any <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> or other process in any action or proceeding authorized by this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT EXEMPT FROM FEES (\u00a7 63.2-1959)\n\nNo filing or recording fees, court fees, or fees for service of process shall be\nrequired from the Department by any clerk, auditor, sheriff or other local\nofficer for the filing of any actions or documents authorized by this chapter\nor, for the service of any summons or other process in any action or proceeding\nauthorized by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-274.7; 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}}