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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 642 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358232,"identifier":"3.2-6107","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6107","url":"\/3.2-6107\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6107\/","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Brand registration as evidence of ownership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In all suits at <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or in <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span>, or in any criminal proceedings when the title or right of <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> is involved, a copy of the certificate of <span class=\"dictionary\">brand<\/span> registration verified by <span class=\"dictionary\">affidavit<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall be received in <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> as <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of the registration of such <span class=\"dictionary\">brand<\/span> in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBRAND REGISTRATION AS EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP (\u00a7 3.2-6107)\n\nIn all suits at law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings when the title\nor right of possession is involved, a copy of the certificate of brand\nregistration verified by affidavit of the Commissioner shall be received in\nevidence by the court as evidence of the registration of such brand in\naccordance with the requirements of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 642, \u00a7 3.1-796.31; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}