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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 49<\/a> 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. 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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":355039,"section_number":"23.1-1006","catch_line":"Management agreement; contents and scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1006\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1411881,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355478,"identifier":"23.1-404","token":"23.1\/II\/4\/23.1-404","url":"\/23.1-404\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-404\/","token":"23.1\/II\/4\/23.1-404","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retention of student birth certificates authorized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-404","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any public institution of higher education<\/span> that requests that an applicant who has been accepted for admission present a certified copy of his birth certificate as a condition of enrollment may retain a copy of the birth certificate in the student’s record.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETENTION OF STUDENT BIRTH CERTIFICATES AUTHORIZED (\u00a7 23.1-404)\n\nAny public institution of higher education that requests that an applicant who\nhas been accepted for admission present a certified copy of his birth\ncertificate as a condition of enrollment may retain a copy of the birth\ncertificate in the student’s record.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 49, \u00a7 23-2.1:2; 2016, c. 588.","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"}}