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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 566<\/a> 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. 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 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1431805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359773,"identifier":"33.2-103","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-103","url":"\/33.2-103\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-103\/","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever in this title the Board<\/span>, Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, or Department<\/span> is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by the Board<\/span>, Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, or Department<\/span> may be sent by regular mail.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFIED MAIL; SUBSEQUENT MAIL OR NOTICES MAY BE SENT BY REGULAR MAIL (\u00a7\n33.2-103)\n\nWhenever in this title the Board, Commissioner of Highways, or Department is\nrequired to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is\nsent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical\nmail or notice that is sent by the Board, Commissioner of Highways, or\nDepartment may be sent by regular mail.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 566, \u00a7 33.1-13.04; 2014, c. 805.","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"}}