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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 227 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. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1993, chapter 928.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1505949,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377641,"identifier":"8.01-581.4:1","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.4_1","url":"\/8.01-581.4_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.4_1\/","token":"8.01\/21.1\/1\/8.01-581.4_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assembly of record","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.4:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon conclusion of <span class=\"dictionary\">deliberations<\/span> and rendering of an <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span> by the <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span>, all documentary <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> submitted to the <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">transcript<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">ore tenus<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>, if any, and a copy of the written <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">panel<\/span> shall be filed in the office of the clerk. 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Upon completion of the action, the clerk of the\ntrial court shall include a copy of the panel record along with the record of\nthe case.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 227; 1993, c. 928.","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"}}