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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 252 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1982, chapter 81; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345322,"identifier":"10.1-1007","token":"10.1\/I\/10\/10.1-1007","url":"\/10.1-1007\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1007\/","token":"10.1\/I\/10\/10.1-1007","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of speleothems; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1007","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> to sell or offer for sale any <span class=\"dictionary\">speleothems<\/span> in this Commonwealth, or to export them for sale outside the Commonwealth. 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