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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 301<\/a> and 696<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1469685,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368536,"identifier":"54.1-2996","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/9\/54.1-2996","url":"\/54.1-2996\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2996\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/9\/54.1-2996","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validity of unregistered documents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2996","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Failure to register a document with the registry maintained by the Department of Health pursuant to this article shall not affect the document’s validity. Failure to notify the Department of Health of the revocation<\/span> of a document filed with the registry shall not affect the validity of a revocation<\/span> that meets the statutory requirements for the revocation<\/span> to be valid.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDITY OF UNREGISTERED DOCUMENTS (\u00a7 54.1-2996)\n\nFailure to register a document with the registry maintained by the Department of\nHealth pursuant to this article shall not affect the document’s validity.\nFailure to notify the Department of Health of the revocation of a document filed\nwith the registry shall not affect the validity of a revocation that meets the\nstatutory requirements for the revocation to be valid.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 301, 696.","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"}}