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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 935<\/a> 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. 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 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57425,"section_number":"64.2-601","catch_line":"Payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-601\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":274255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77590,"identifier":"64.2-717","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/3\/64.2-717","url":"\/64.2-717\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-717\/","token":"64.2\/III\/7\/3\/64.2-717","dublin_core":{"Title":"Representation by person having substantially identical interest","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-717","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless otherwise represented, a minor<\/span>, incapacitated, or unborn individual, or a person<\/span> whose identity or location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable, may be represented by and bound by another having a substantially identical interest with respect to the particular question or dispute, but only to the extent there is no conflict of interest<\/span> with respect to the particular question or dispute between the representative and the person<\/span> represented.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPRESENTATION BY PERSON HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL INTEREST (\u00a7 64.2-717)\n\nUnless otherwise represented, a minor, incapacitated, or unborn individual, or a\nperson whose identity or location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable,\nmay be represented by and bound by another having a substantially identical\ninterest with respect to the particular question or dispute, but only to the\nextent there is no conflict of interest with respect to the particular question\nor dispute between the representative and the person represented.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 935, \u00a7 55-543.04; 2012, c. 614.","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}}