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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 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 317<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1423393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357743,"identifier":"3.2-4305","token":"3.2\/III\/43\/1\/3.2-4305","url":"\/3.2-4305\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4305\/","token":"3.2\/III\/43\/1\/3.2-4305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unclassified products","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article shall not prevent the use of any trademark or brand not established and adopted, or not approved by the Commissioner<\/span>, on or in connection with any agricultural product, if, as a part of such trademark or brand, or immediately adjacent thereto, there is printed in letters not less than one-half inch in height the word “unclassified.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNCLASSIFIED PRODUCTS (\u00a7 3.2-4305)\n\nThis article shall not prevent the use of any trademark or brand not established\nand adopted, or not approved by the Commissioner, on or in connection with any\nagricultural product, if, as a part of such trademark or brand, or immediately\nadjacent thereto, there is printed in letters not less than one-half inch in\nheight the word “unclassified.”\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-265; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-344; 2008, c. 860; 2020, c.\n317.","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"}}