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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377305</law_id><section_number>8.01-415</section_number><catch_line>Affidavit evidence of publication</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="27" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="8">Certain Affidavits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When anything is authorized or required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be published in a newspaper, the certificate of the editor, publisher, business manager or assistant business manager, or the <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> of any other <span class="dictionary">person</span>, shall be admitted as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of what is stated herein as to the publication.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-329; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
