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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67497</law_id><section_number>2.2-429</section_number><catch_line>Retention of records by a lobbyist or lobbyist&amp;#8217;s principal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Secretary of the Commonwealth</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="3">Registration of Lobbyists</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A lobbyist and a lobbyist&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">principal</span> shall preserve for a period of two years all accounts, bills, books, papers, receipts, and other documents and records necessary to substantiate the <span class="dictionary">expenditure</span> reports submitted under this article.</p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 857, 937, &#xA7; 2.1-788; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
