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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 445; in 1981, chapter 369; in 1984, chapter 458; in 1986, chapter 480; in 1997, chapter 202<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":374494,"section_number":"60.2-116","catch_line":"Reciprocal agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-116\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":374515,"section_number":"60.2-210","catch_line":"Employer","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-210\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1494915,"object_type":"law","relational_id":374624,"identifier":"60.2-614","token":"60.2\/6\/4\/60.2-614","url":"\/60.2-614\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-614\/","token":"60.2\/6\/4\/60.2-614","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service required during immediately preceding benefit year in which individual received benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-614","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No individual may receive benefits in a benefit year unless, subsequent to the beginning of the immediately preceding benefit year during which he received benefits, he performed service for an employer as defined in \u00a7 60.2-210<\/a> for remuneration (i) during thirty days, whether or not such days were consecutive, or (ii) for 240 hours, and subsequently became totally or partially separated from such employment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE REQUIRED DURING IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING BENEFIT YEAR IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL\nRECEIVED BENEFITS (\u00a7 60.2-614)\n\nNo individual may receive benefits in a benefit year unless, subsequent to the\nbeginning of the immediately preceding benefit year during which he received\nbenefits, he performed service for an employer as defined in \u00a7 60.2-210 for\nremuneration (i) during thirty days, whether or not such days were consecutive,\nor (ii) for 240 hours, and subsequently became totally or partially separated\nfrom such employment.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 235, \u00a7 60.1-52.2; 1977, c. 445; 1981, c. 369;\n1984, c. 458; 1986, c. 480; 1997, c. 202.","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"}}