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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 1981, chapter 34; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0327\">327<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0352\">352<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368046,"identifier":"54.1-2110","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2110","url":"\/54.1-2110\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2110\/","token":"54.1\/II\/21\/1\/54.1-2110","dublin_core":{"Title":"Resident broker to maintain place of business in Virginia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2110","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every resident <span class=\"dictionary\">real estate broker<\/span> shall maintain a <span class=\"dictionary\">place of business<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1369908\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2110\/#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 nonresident <span class=\"dictionary\">real estate broker<\/span> residing in a state that <span class=\"dictionary\">mandates<\/span> resident <span class=\"dictionary\">real estate brokers<\/span> of the Commonwealth to maintain a <span class=\"dictionary\">place of business<\/span> in such mandating state shall maintain a <span class=\"dictionary\">place of business<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1369909\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-2110\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Every principal broker shall have readily available to the public in the primary <span class=\"dictionary\">place of business<\/span> the firm license, the principal broker license, and the license of every salesperson and broker active with the firm. 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