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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1958, chapter 393; in 1989, chapter 414; in 1993, chapter 112; in 2011, chapters 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363923,"identifier":"44-81","token":"44\/1\/7\/44-81","url":"\/44-81\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-81\/","token":"44\/1\/7\/44-81","dublin_core":{"Title":"Length of service when called out","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-81","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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