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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 627 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 1975 \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 1977, chapter 589; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0501\">501<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374275,"identifier":"6.2-508","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-508","url":"\/6.2-508\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-508\/","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-508","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compliance with Equal Credit Opportunity Act constitutes compliance with chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-508","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Compliance with the federal Equal <span class=\"dictionary\">Credit<\/span> Opportunity Act, (15 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;1691 et seq.), as amended, and regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection <span class=\"dictionary\">Bureau<\/span> thereunder, constitutes compliance with this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY ACT CONSTITUTES COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER\n(\u00a7 6.2-508)\n\nCompliance with the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, (15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1691 et\nseq.), as amended, and regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection\nBureau thereunder, constitutes compliance with this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 627, \u00a7 59.1-21.24; 1977, c. 589; 2010, c. 794; 2016, c. 501.","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"}}