Law Indexes: Virginia

As part of efforts to expand the Local Geohistory Project, which aims to educate users and disseminate information concerning the geographic history and structure of political subdivisions and local government, this repository has been created to disseminate law index data for the Commonwealth of Virginia. This index currently covers enrolled bills from 1776 through 1910, and acts and joint resolutions from 1912 through 1995. Prior to the 20th century, private and special laws were often the primary method used to alter municipal and county boundaries and forms of government in Virginia. The data is released as individual tab-separated values (TSV) files by volume. The Detail column may contain additional Prefix information that is repeated from prior entries. Note that the Citation Page references for 1776 through 1910 are not to the published session laws, but to the Enrolled bills of the General Assembly collection at the Library of Virginia. This repository does not contain the full text of the laws, nor does it currently contain links to the full text. Because the index was created using OCR technology, it may contain uncaptured errors. This is not an official publication of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any of its instrumentalities, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency at any level.