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It has been modified 3 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 1964, chapter 512; in 1970, chapter 480; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1371247,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346063,"identifier":"10.1-558","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-558","url":"\/10.1-558\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-558\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-558","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of issuance of certificate of dissolution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-558","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution, all <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> and regulations previously adopted and in force within such district shall be of no further force. All <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> entered into, to which the district or <span class=\"dictionary\">district directors<\/span> are parties, shall remain in force for the period provided in the <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be substituted for the district or <span class=\"dictionary\">district directors<\/span> as <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under the <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or terminate such <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> by mutual consent or otherwise, as the <span class=\"dictionary\">district directors<\/span> would have had.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION (\u00a7 10.1-558)\n\nUpon issuance of a certificate of dissolution, all ordinances and regulations\npreviously adopted and in force within such district shall be of no further\nforce. All contracts entered into, to which the district or district directors\nare parties, shall remain in force for the period provided in the contracts. The\nBoard shall be substituted for the district or district directors as party to\nthe contracts. The Board shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all\nliabilities under the contracts and shall have the same right and liability to\nperform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon, and to modify or\nterminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise, as the district\ndirectors would have had.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 21-111; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.","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"}}