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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355837</law_id><section_number>24.2-435</section_number><catch_line>Cancellation records to be retained for specified periods</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="64" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Voter Registration</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="5">Cancellation of Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">registration records</span> of voters whose registration has been cancelled pursuant to this article shall be retained for two years from the date of cancellation by the <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>. However, the <span class="dictionary">registration records</span> of voters whose registration has been cancelled because the voter has moved to another state or the voter has submitted changes to his <span class="dictionary">registration records</span> shall be retained for four years.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-59, 24-60, 24-60.1, 24-71 through 24-73, 24-90, 24-93, 24-94, 24-96, 24-101, 24-111; 1958, c. 576; 1962, cc. 422, 536; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.1-46(12), 24.1-59; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1979, c. 329; 1980, c. 639; 1982, c. 650; 1983, c. 398; 1984, c. 480; 1986, cc. 241, 558; 1990, cc. 193, 313; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 238.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
