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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":353632,"section_number":"20-20","catch_line":"Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-20\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1390119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350001,"identifier":"17.1-233","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-233","url":"\/17.1-233\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-233\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-233","dublin_core":{"Title":"What to be recorded in marriage register","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-233","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All marriage licenses and all matters relating to marriages required or authorized to be recorded under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Clerk to file license and certificate; indexing names of parties; certified copies as evidence\" href=\"\/20-20\/\">20-20<\/a> shall be recorded in a book to be known as the marriage register.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT TO BE RECORDED IN MARRIAGE REGISTER (\u00a7 17.1-233)\n\nAll marriage licenses and all matters relating to marriages required or\nauthorized to be recorded under \u00a7 20-20 shall be recorded in a book to be known\nas the marriage register.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3393, \u00a7 17-65; 1920, p. 314; 1932, p. 334; 1998, c. 872.","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"}}