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It has been modified 2 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 1970, chapter 187; in 1977, chapter 326.<\/p>","references":[{"id":356349,"section_number":"27-44","catch_line":"Payments for total and permanent disability","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-44\/"},{"id":356350,"section_number":"27-45","catch_line":"Payments for partial disability","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-45\/"},{"id":356351,"section_number":"27-46","catch_line":"Payment for hospital and medical services","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-46\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1417297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356348,"identifier":"27-43","token":"27\/4\/2\/27-43","url":"\/27-43\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-43\/","token":"27\/4\/2\/27-43","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment on death","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-43","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Should any volunteer fire fighter be killed while actually engaged in fighting fire, or while going to a fire in answer to an alarm or returning therefrom, the governing body of the county, city or town in which his company is located shall pay to his personal representative, for the benefit of his estate, the sum of $1,000.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT ON DEATH (\u00a7 27-43)\n\nShould any volunteer fire fighter be killed while actually engaged in fighting\nfire, or while going to a fire in answer to an alarm or returning therefrom, the\ngoverning body of the county, city or town in which his company is located shall\npay to his personal representative, for the benefit of his estate, the sum of\n$1,000.\n\nHISTORY: 1928, p. 1002; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3144c; 1970, c. 187; 1977, c. 326.","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"}}