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This section shall not apply to correspondence or other records of a strictly personal or private nature, or active files necessary for the transaction of business by the Office of the Governor, the decision thereon to be made by the Governor after consultation with the Librarian of Virginia. Records delivered to The Library of Virginia shall be made accessible to the public, once cataloging has been completed.\n\nB\n\nShould any subsequent Governor need such records for the transaction of business of the Office of the Governor, the records may be reviewed at the Library and copied, if necessary, but the Governor and his staff shall ensure that the original records are preserved intact and remain in The Library of Virginia.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1310738,"text":"Before the end of his term of office, the Governor shall have delivered to The Library of Virginia for safekeeping all correspondence and other records of his office during his term. 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It has been modified 5 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 677; in 1988, chapter 476; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0064\">64<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0590\">590<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1398577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352119,"identifier":"2.2-126","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-126","url":"\/2.2-126\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-126\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of official correspondence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Before the end of his term of office, the Governor shall have delivered to The Library of Virginia for safekeeping all correspondence and other records of his office during his term. This section shall not apply to correspondence or other records of a strictly personal or private nature, or active files necessary for the transaction of business by the Office of the Governor, the decision thereon to be made by the Governor after consultation with the Librarian of Virginia. Records delivered to The Library of Virginia shall be made accessible to the public, once cataloging has been completed. <a id=\"paragraph-1310738\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-126\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Should any subsequent Governor need such records for the transaction of business of the Office of the Governor, the records may be reviewed at the Library and copied, if necessary, but the Governor and his staff shall ensure that the original records are preserved intact and remain in The Library of Virginia. <a id=\"paragraph-1310739\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-126\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE (\u00a7 2.2-126)\n\nA. Before the end of his term of office, the Governor shall have delivered to\nThe Library of Virginia for safekeeping all correspondence and other records of\nhis office during his term. This section shall not apply to correspondence or\nother records of a strictly personal or private nature, or active files\nnecessary for the transaction of business by the Office of the Governor, the\ndecision thereon to be made by the Governor after consultation with the\nLibrarian of Virginia. Records delivered to The Library of Virginia shall be\nmade accessible to the public, once cataloging has been completed.\n\nB. Should any subsequent Governor need such records for the transaction of\nbusiness of the Office of the Governor, the records may be reviewed at the\nLibrary and copied, if necessary, but the Governor and his staff shall ensure\nthat the original records are preserved intact and remain in The Library of\nVirginia.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 2-40.1; 1966, c. 677, \u00a7 2.1-45; 1988, c. 476; 1994, c.\n64; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c. 590.","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"}}