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It has been modified 4 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 187; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>; in 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>; in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0237\">237<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1417023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356283,"identifier":"27-10","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-10","url":"\/27-10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-10\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dissolution of fire company","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever the <span class=\"dictionary\">fire department<\/span> of the county, city, or town to which any <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span> belongs ascertains that such company has failed, for three months successively, to consist of 20 effective members, or ascertains that such <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span> has failed for the like period to have or keep in good and serviceable condition an engine or other support apparatus and equipment and other proper implements, or the governing body of the county, city, or town for any reason deems it advisable, such governing body may dissolve the <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISSOLUTION OF FIRE COMPANY (\u00a7 27-10)\n\nWhenever the fire department of the county, city, or town to which any fire\ncompany belongs ascertains that such company has failed, for three months\nsuccessively, to consist of 20 effective members, or ascertains that such fire\ncompany has failed for the like period to have or keep in good and serviceable\ncondition an engine or other support apparatus and equipment and other proper\nimplements, or the governing body of the county, city, or town for any reason\ndeems it advisable, such governing body may dissolve the fire company.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3136; 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2015, cc. 502, 503;\n2023, c. 237.","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"}}