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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 780 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 4 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 1973, chapter 537; in 1975, chapter 43; in 1984, chapter 582; 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":1490683,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374280,"identifier":"6.2-513","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-513","url":"\/6.2-513\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-513\/","token":"6.2\/I\/5\/6.2-513","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Attorney General","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-513","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> may investigate and bring an action in the name of the Commonwealth to enjoin any violation of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL (\u00a7 6.2-513)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, the Attorney\nGeneral may investigate and bring an action in the name of the Commonwealth to\nenjoin any violation of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 780, \u00a7 59.1-68.2; 1973, c. 537; 1975, c. 43; 1984, c. 582;\n2010, 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"}}