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It has been modified 3 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 1968, chapter 656; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0351\">351<\/a>; 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":1502809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376093,"identifier":"64.2-2309","token":"64.2\/V\/23\/64.2-2309","url":"\/64.2-2309\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2309\/","token":"64.2\/V\/23\/64.2-2309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The costs attendant to the issuing of an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> determining death or the <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> shall be paid out of the estate of the presumed decedent. 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