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No tax shall be imposed on the use of such lesser seal, except upon commissions appointing notaries, and commissioners in other states for taking acknowledgments, and upon certificates of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, when, at the request of the parties desiring such certificates, the seal is attached. In all such cases the tax shall be the same as upon the great seal, and shall be collected and accounted for in the same manner.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287305,"text":"The lesser seal shall be affixed to all grants for lands and writs of election issued by the Governor; to all letters of pardon and reprieve; to all commissions, civil and military, signed by the Governor, and to all other papers, requiring a seal, authorized to be issued by the Governor for the purpose of carrying the laws into effect within the Commonwealth; and also, when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, may be used by him as an authentication of his official signature. No tax shall be imposed on the use of such lesser seal, except upon commissions appointing notaries, and commissioners in other states for taking acknowledgments, and upon certificates of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, when, at the request of the parties desiring such certificates, the seal is attached. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 102; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370231,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345290,"identifier":"1-504","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-504","url":"\/1-504\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-504\/","token":"1\/5\/1\/1-504","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uses and tax on lesser seal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The lesser seal shall be affixed to all grants for lands and writs<\/span> of election issued by the Governor; to all letters of pardon<\/span> and reprieve; to all commissions, civil and military, signed by the Governor, and to all other papers, requiring a seal, authorized to be issued by the Governor for the purpose of carrying the laws<\/span> into effect within the Commonwealth; and also, when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, may be used by him as an authentication of his official signature. No tax shall be imposed on the use of such lesser seal, except upon commissions appointing notaries, and commissioners in other states for taking acknowledgments, and upon certificates of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, when, at the request of the parties desiring such certificates, the seal is attached. In all such cases the tax shall be the same as upon the great seal, and shall be collected and accounted for in the same manner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSES AND TAX ON LESSER SEAL (\u00a7 1-504)\n\nThe lesser seal shall be affixed to all grants for lands and writs of election\nissued by the Governor; to all letters of pardon and reprieve; to all\ncommissions, civil and military, signed by the Governor, and to all other\npapers, requiring a seal, authorized to be issued by the Governor for the\npurpose of carrying the laws into effect within the Commonwealth; and also, when\ndeemed necessary by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, may be used by him as an\nauthentication of his official signature. No tax shall be imposed on the use of\nsuch lesser seal, except upon commissions appointing notaries, and commissioners\nin other states for taking acknowledgments, and upon certificates of the\nSecretary of the Commonwealth, when, at the request of the parties desiring such\ncertificates, the seal is attached. In all such cases the tax shall be the same\nas upon the great seal, and shall be collected and accounted for in the same\nmanner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-31; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-31; 2005, c. 839.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}