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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1474155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369540,"identifier":"55.1-2110","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2110","url":"\/55.1-2110\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2110\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/1\/55.1-2110","dublin_core":{"Title":"Obligation of good faith","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2110","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> or duty governed by this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH (\u00a7 55.1-2110)\n\nEvery contract or duty governed by this chapter imposes an obligation of good\nfaith in its performance or enforcement.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-435; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}