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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1007\">1007<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284277,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58485,"identifier":"8.9A-524","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-524","url":"\/8.9A-524\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-524\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-524","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delay by filing office","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-524","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and <a id=\"paragraph-214349\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-524\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> the filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances. <a id=\"paragraph-214350\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.9A-524\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELAY BY FILING OFFICE (\u00a7 8.9A-524)\n\nDelay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is\nexcused if:\n\n1. the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities,\nwar, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond\ncontrol of the filing office; and\n\n2. the filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1007.","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}}