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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 273<\/a> and 453<\/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 2010, chapter 794<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 52<\/a> and 187<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1493209,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373934,"identifier":"6.2-1715","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1715","url":"\/6.2-1715\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1715\/","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1715","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advertising; use of a unique identifier","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1715","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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