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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 318 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":363615,"section_number":"42.1-72","catch_line":"Injuring or destroying books and other property of libraries","order_by":null,"url":"\/42.1-72\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1448145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363618,"identifier":"42.1-74.1","token":"42.1\/5\/42.1-74.1","url":"\/42.1-74.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-74.1\/","token":"42.1\/5\/42.1-74.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"“Book or other library property” defined","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-74.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The terms “book or other library property” as used in this chapter shall include any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document, letter, public record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual materials<\/span> in any format, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, artifacts, or other documentary, written, or printed material<\/span>, regardless of physical form or characteristics, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody<\/span> of any library, museum, repository of public or other records institution as specified in \u00a7 42.1-72<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n“BOOK OR OTHER LIBRARY PROPERTY” DEFINED (\u00a7 42.1-74.1)\n\nThe terms “book or other library property” as used in this chapter\nshall include any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting,\ndrawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document,\nletter, public record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual materials in any\nformat, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, artifacts,\nor other documentary, written, or printed material, regardless of physical form\nor characteristics, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the custody of any\nlibrary, museum, repository of public or other records institution as specified\nin \u00a7 42.1-72.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 318.","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"}}