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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 462; in 1993, chapter 641; in 2015, chapter 740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1415099,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355843,"identifier":"24.2-446","token":"24.2\/4\/8\/24.2-446","url":"\/24.2-446\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-446\/","token":"24.2\/4\/8\/24.2-446","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reconstruction of destroyed registration records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-446","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the registration records<\/span> of a county or city have been destroyed by fire or otherwise, the Department<\/span> shall provide substitute active registration records<\/span> obtained from the Virginia voter registration system<\/span>.<\/p>

For active registration records<\/span> not retrievable from the system, the general registrar<\/span> shall give notice that he is reconstructing such records by posting the notice at ten places in the jurisdiction<\/span> or publishing it once in a newspaper having general circulation in the jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p>

In the reconstruction, the registrar shall place on the registration records<\/span> the names of all voters known by him who have been previously registered, or who can show by evidence<\/span> satisfactory to the registrar that their names were on the old records and who still reside in the county or city.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECONSTRUCTION OF DESTROYED REGISTRATION RECORDS (\u00a7 24.2-446)\n\nWhenever the registration records of a county or city have been destroyed by\nfire or otherwise, the Department shall provide substitute active registration\nrecords obtained from the Virginia voter registration system.\n\nFor active registration records not retrievable from the system, the general\nregistrar shall give notice that he is reconstructing such records by posting\nthe notice at ten places in the jurisdiction or publishing it once in a\nnewspaper having general circulation in the jurisdiction.\n\nIn the reconstruction, the registrar shall place on the registration records the\nnames of all voters known by him who have been previously registered, or who can\nshow by evidence satisfactory to the registrar that their names were on the old\nrecords and who still reside in the county or city.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 24-91; 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-58; 1993, c. 641; 2015, c.\n740.","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"}}