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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 76 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 1970 \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 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1472713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370004,"identifier":"55.1-659","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/7\/55.1-659","url":"\/55.1-659\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-659\/","token":"55.1\/II\/6\/7\/55.1-659","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificates and notices affecting liens filed on or before July 1, 1970","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-659","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If a notice of <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> was filed on or before July 1, 1970, any certificate or notice affecting the <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> shall be filed in the same office.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATES AND NOTICES AFFECTING LIENS FILED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1970 (\u00a7\n55.1-659)\n\nIf a notice of lien was filed on or before July 1, 1970, any certificate or\nnotice affecting the lien shall be filed in the same office.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 76, \u00a7 55-142.8; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}