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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 580 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 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0269\">269<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0590\">590<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1460023,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366418,"identifier":"47.1-18","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-18","url":"\/47.1-18\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-18\/","token":"47.1\/3\/47.1-18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of change of address; etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">notary public<\/span> who changes the address of his residence shall forthwith notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">Secretary<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> by mailing or delivering a written notice which shall contain the new address, or in <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic<\/span> format as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Secretary<\/span> may prescribe. <a id=\"paragraph-1364585\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/47.1-18\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any notary who is commissioned as a nonresident shall notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">Secretary<\/span> of the Commonwealth of any change in his place of employment. <a id=\"paragraph-1364586\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/47.1-18\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS; ETC (\u00a7 47.1-18)\n\nA. Any notary public who changes the address of his residence shall forthwith\nnotify the Secretary of the fact by mailing or delivering a written notice which\nshall contain the new address, or in electronic format as the Secretary may\nprescribe.\n\nB. Any notary who is commissioned as a nonresident shall notify the Secretary of\nthe Commonwealth of any change in his place of employment.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 580; 2007, cc. 269, 590.","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"}}