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§ 54.1-3942 Validity of contract

Any contract for professional employment secured by an attorney in violation of this article shall be void and unenforceable.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 54-83. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 622; in 1988, chapter 765.

Code 1950, § 54-83; 1964, c. 622, § 54-83.1:4; 1988, c. 765.

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