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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 97 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 1980 \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 1986, chapter 37.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1436021,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360799,"identifier":"36-85.1","token":"36\/4\/36-85.1","url":"\/36-85.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-85.1\/","token":"36\/4\/36-85.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refund of fee paid for registration seal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-85.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person or corporation having paid the fee for an approved registration seal which it will not use may, unless and except as otherwise specifically provided, within one year from the date of the payment of any such fee, apply to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Administrator<\/span> for a refund, in whole or in part, of the fee paid; provided that no payment shall be recovered unless the approved registration seal is returned, unused and in good condition, to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Administrator<\/span>. Such application shall be by notarized letter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUND OF FEE PAID FOR REGISTRATION SEAL (\u00a7 36-85.1)\n\nAny person or corporation having paid the fee for an approved registration seal\nwhich it will not use may, unless and except as otherwise specifically provided,\nwithin one year from the date of the payment of any such fee, apply to the\nAdministrator for a refund, in whole or in part, of the fee paid; provided that\nno payment shall be recovered unless the approved registration seal is returned,\nunused and in good condition, to the Administrator. Such application shall be by\nnotarized letter.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 97; 1986, c. 37.","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"}}