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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0301\">301<\/a> 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. 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":1492517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374360,"identifier":"6.2-839","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/6\/6.2-839","url":"\/6.2-839\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-839\/","token":"6.2\/II\/8\/6\/6.2-839","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interstate branching through the acquisition of a branch","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-839","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">out-of-<span class=\"dictionary\">state bank<\/span><\/span> that does not already maintain a branch in the Commonwealth and that meets the requirements of this article may establish and maintain a branch in the Commonwealth through the <span class=\"dictionary\">acquisition of a branch<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERSTATE BRANCHING THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF A BRANCH (\u00a7 6.2-839)\n\nAn out-of-state bank that does not already maintain a branch in the Commonwealth\nand that meets the requirements of this article may establish and maintain a\nbranch in the Commonwealth through the acquisition of a branch.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 301, \u00a7 6.1-44.45; 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"}}