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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 538 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1983, chapter 522; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1991, chapter 299.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467863,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369114,"identifier":"54.1-606","token":"54.1\/II\/6\/54.1-606","url":"\/54.1-606\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-606\/","token":"54.1\/II\/6\/54.1-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful to advertise as an auctioneer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> not licensed under the provisions of this chapter to advertise that he is in the <span class=\"dictionary\">auction<\/span> business or to hold himself out to the public as an <span class=\"dictionary\">auctioneer<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL TO ADVERTISE AS AN AUCTIONEER (\u00a7 54.1-606)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person not licensed under the provisions of this\nchapter to advertise that he is in the auction business or to hold himself out\nto the public as an auctioneer.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 538, \u00a7 54-824.19; 1983, c. 522; 1988, c. 765; 1991, c. 299.","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"}}