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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 230 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1982, chapter 320; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1432547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359790,"identifier":"33.2-1104","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1104","url":"\/33.2-1104\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1104\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of article; existing contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this article shall apply to all <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> executed and proceedings initiated after June 30, 1976, and may be made applicable to existing <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span> by mutual consent of the contracting parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF ARTICLE; EXISTING CONTRACTS (\u00a7 33.2-1104)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall apply to all contracts executed and\nproceedings initiated after June 30, 1976, and may be made applicable to\nexisting contracts by mutual consent of the contracting parties.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 230, \u00a7 33.1-388; 1982, c. 320; 2014, c. 805.","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"}}