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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0455\">455<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0632\">632<\/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 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375949,"identifier":"64.2-1615","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1615","url":"\/64.2-1615\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1615\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/1\/64.2-1615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agent&#8217;s liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span> that violates this chapter is liable to the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>&#8217;s successors in interest for the amount required to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Restore the <span class=\"dictionary\">value<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">property<\/span> to what it would have been had the violation not occurred; and <a id=\"paragraph-1403626\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1615\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Reimburse the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">principal<\/span>&#8217;s successors in interest for the attorney fees and costs paid on the <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>&#8217;s behalf. <a id=\"paragraph-1403627\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/64.2-1615\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGENT&#8217;S LIABILITY (\u00a7 64.2-1615)\n\nAn agent that violates this chapter is liable to the principal or the\nprincipal&#8217;s successors in interest for the amount required to:\n\n1. 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