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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 463 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1412233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355561,"identifier":"23.1-642","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/7\/23.1-642","url":"\/23.1-642\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-642\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/7\/23.1-642","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination of senior citizen status; forms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-642","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The registrar or other admissions officer of each public institution of higher education<\/span> shall determine whether an individual is a senior citizen pursuant to the provisions of this article and may require senior citizens to execute appropriate forms to request the benefits provided by this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINATION OF SENIOR CITIZEN STATUS; FORMS (\u00a7 23.1-642)\n\nThe registrar or other admissions officer of each public institution of higher\neducation shall determine whether an individual is a senior citizen pursuant to\nthe provisions of this article and may require senior citizens to execute\nappropriate forms to request the benefits provided by this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 463, \u00a7 23-38.60; 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"}}