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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59965</law_id><section_number>1-511</section_number><catch_line>English designated the official language of the Commonwealth</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>22.1-212.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Emblems</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Emblems, Designations, and Honors</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>English shall be designated as the official language of the Commonwealth. Except as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, no state agency or local government shall be required to provide and no state agency or local government shall be prohibited from providing any documents, information, literature or other written <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in any language other than English.</p></section></text><history>1996, c. 829, &#xA7; 7.1-42; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
