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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0052\">52<\/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 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 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0521\">521<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0103\">103<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1487725,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372946,"identifier":"59.1-310.10","token":"59.1\/24.2\/59.1-310.10","url":"\/59.1-310.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-310.10\/","token":"59.1\/24.2\/59.1-310.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for violation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-310.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall use the title &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">authorized septic system inspector<\/span>&#8221; or perform a septic system <span class=\"dictionary\">inspection<\/span> in connection with any real estate transaction unless he meets the requirements of this chapter. 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