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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0621\">621<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1376317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346481,"identifier":"13.1-1211","token":"13.1\/14\/2\/13.1-1211","url":"\/13.1-1211\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1211\/","token":"13.1\/14\/2\/13.1-1211","dublin_core":{"Title":"Formation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>One or more <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> may form a <span class=\"dictionary\">business trust<\/span> by signing and filing <span class=\"dictionary\">articles of trust<\/span> with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>. 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