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It has been modified 4 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 1958, chapter 640; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1991, chapter 668; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383191,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348113,"identifier":"15.2-2658","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2658","url":"\/15.2-2658\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2658\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2658","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bonds invalidated only for substantial defects, etc.; matters of form disregarded","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2658","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in which a proceeding to invalidate or <span class=\"dictionary\">sustain<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span><\/span> is brought shall invalidate the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span><\/span> unless it finds substantial defects, <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> errors, and omissions in the <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span>. 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