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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":1490675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374278,"identifier":"6.2-511","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-511","url":"\/6.2-511\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-511\/","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Credit standards discoverable","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span>&#8217;s standards for granting <span class=\"dictionary\">credit<\/span>, which <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span> shall be under appropriate <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span> procedures in the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in which an action is brought.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREDIT STANDARDS DISCOVERABLE (\u00a7 6.2-511)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the discovery of a\ncreditor&#8217;s standards for granting credit, which discovery shall be under\nappropriate discovery procedures in the court in which an action is brought.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 589, \u00a7 59.1-21.27; 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"}}