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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1973, chapter 509; in 1984, chapter 613; in 1991, chapter 536; in 1992, chapter 693; in 2000, chapter 1007<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 353<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1508887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377893,"identifier":"8.1A-206","token":"8.1A\/2\/8.1A-206","url":"\/8.1A-206\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.1A-206\/","token":"8.1A\/2\/8.1A-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Presumptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.1A-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the Uniform Commercial Code creates a “presumption<\/span>” with respect to a fact<\/span>, or provides that a fact<\/span> is “presumed,” the trier of fact<\/span> must find the existence of the fact<\/span> unless and until evidence<\/span> is introduced that supports a finding<\/span> of its nonexistence.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESUMPTIONS (\u00a7 8.1A-206)\n\nWhenever the Uniform Commercial Code creates a “presumption” with\nrespect to a fact, or provides that a fact is “presumed,” the trier\nof fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is\nintroduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.1-201 (31); 1973, c. 509; 1984, c. 613; 1991, c.\n536; 1992, c. 693; 2000, c. 1007; 2003, c. 353.","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"}}