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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 455<\/a> and 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 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375974,"identifier":"64.2-1640","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/4\/64.2-1640","url":"\/64.2-1640\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1640\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/B\/16\/4\/64.2-1640","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniformity of application and construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1640","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law<\/span> with respect to its subject matter among the states<\/span> that enact it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION (\u00a7 64.2-1640)\n\nIn applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the\nneed to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among\nthe states that enact it.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 455, 632, \u00a7 26-114; 2012, c. 614.","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"}}