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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 463 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1976, chapter 19; in 1977, chapter 281; in 2002, chapter 521<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 700<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1412221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355558,"identifier":"23.1-639","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/7\/23.1-639","url":"\/23.1-639\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-639\/","token":"23.1\/II\/6\/7\/23.1-639","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition; construction of section","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-639","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this article, “senior citizen<\/span>” means any individual who, before the beginning of any academic term, semester, or quarter in which he claims entitlement to the benefits of this article, has reached the age of 60 and has been legally domiciled in the Commonwealth for at least one year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to exclude any other rules and requirements made by any public institution of higher education<\/span> for all other students besides senior citizens<\/span> with respect to domicile in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION; CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION (\u00a7 23.1-639)\n\nA. As used in this article, “senior citizen” means any individual\nwho, before the beginning of any academic term, semester, or quarter in which he\nclaims entitlement to the benefits of this article, has reached the age of 60\nand has been legally domiciled in the Commonwealth for at least one year.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exclude any other rules and\nrequirements made by any public institution of higher education for all other\nstudents besides senior citizens with respect to domicile in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 463, \u00a7 23-38.55; 1976, c. 19; 1977, c. 281; 2002, c. 521;\n2003, c. 700; 2016, c. 588.","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"}}