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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 675 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 1984 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349414,"identifier":"15.2-946","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-946","url":"\/15.2-946\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-946\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-946","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of tour guides and tourist guides","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-946","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may, before issuing any license to do business as a tour guide or tourist guide, require that an applicant for such license take and pass an examination to determine the fitness of such person as to his knowledge of the history of the locality<\/span> and of the historical and tourist attractions located therein.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF TOUR GUIDES AND TOURIST GUIDES (\u00a7 15.2-946)\n\nAny locality may, before issuing any license to do business as a tour guide or\ntourist guide, require that an applicant for such license take and pass an\nexamination to determine the fitness of such person as to his knowledge of the\nhistory of the locality and of the historical and tourist attractions located\ntherein.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 675, \u00a7 15.1-28.7; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}