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Notice given pursuant to the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, (15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1691 et seq.), and regulations promulgated thereto, shall satisfy the requirements of this section.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1397226,"text":"The Commission shall use any methods available to it to inform the public of the rights created by this chapter. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 589 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 1977 \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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374276,"identifier":"6.2-509","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-509","url":"\/6.2-509\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-509\/","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-509","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public to be informed of rights under chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-509","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall use any methods available to it to inform the public of the rights created by this chapter. Notice given pursuant to the federal Equal <span class=\"dictionary\">Credit<\/span> Opportunity Act, (15 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;1691 et seq.), and regulations promulgated thereto, shall satisfy the requirements of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC TO BE INFORMED OF RIGHTS UNDER CHAPTER (\u00a7 6.2-509)\n\nThe Commission shall use any methods available to it to inform the public of the\nrights created by this chapter. Notice given pursuant to the federal Equal\nCredit Opportunity Act, (15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1691 et seq.), and regulations promulgated\nthereto, shall satisfy the requirements of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 589, \u00a7 59.1-21.25; 2010, c. 794.","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"}}