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It has been modified 3 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 1966, chapter 702; in 1972, chapter 499; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1423515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357772,"identifier":"3.2-4406","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4406","url":"\/3.2-4406\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4406\/","token":"3.2\/III\/44\/3.2-4406","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificate of health to accompany bees in combless packages brought into Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4406","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">bees<\/span> in <span class=\"dictionary\">combless packages<\/span> transported into the Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate of health<\/span> issued by the proper official of the place of origin.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATE OF HEALTH TO ACCOMPANY BEES IN COMBLESS PACKAGES BROUGHT INTO\nCOMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 3.2-4406)\n\nAll bees in combless packages transported into the Commonwealth shall be\naccompanied by a certificate of health issued by the proper official of the\nplace of origin.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-500; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-605; 1972, c. 499, \u00a7\n3.1-610.14; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}