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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0163\">163<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0247\">247<\/a> 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. 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 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0076\">76<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":372227,"section_number":"58.1-4019","catch_line":"Certain persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4019\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1486241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372240,"identifier":"58.1-4029","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4029","url":"\/58.1-4029\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-4029\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4029","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure of identity of winners by the Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-4029","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as provided in subsection B of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Certain persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes\" href=\"\/58.1-4019\/\">58.1-4019<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall not disclose information about the identity of an individual <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> winner if the value of the prize won by the winner is $1 million or greater, unless the winner consents in writing to such disclosure.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE OF IDENTITY OF WINNERS BY THE DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 58.1-4029)\n\nExcept as provided in subsection B of \u00a7 58.1-4019, the Department shall not\ndisclose information about the identity of an individual lottery winner if the\nvalue of the prize won by the winner is $1 million or greater, unless the winner\nconsents in writing to such disclosure.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 163, 247; 2025, c. 76.","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"}}