11.1 Statutory Materials

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11.1 STATUTORY MATERIALS

11.101 Statutes by Subject.

A. General Laws.

1.	Code of Virginia 1950, Annotated, index.
2.	Fastcase and Casefinder.
3.	Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law.
4.	Virginia Legislative Information System. 2
5.	Interim indexes and Final Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions, and Documents for each legislative session (for recently enacted laws not yet published in the Virginia Code).

B. Special and Local Laws.

1.	Acts of the General Assembly, annual index and periodic cumulative indexes.
2.	Interim indexes and Final Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions, and Documents for each legislative session (for recently

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enacted laws not yet published in a volume of the Acts of the General Assembly).

11.102 Statutes by Popular Name.

1.	Shepard's Virginia Citations (statute volume), "Table of Virginia Acts by Popular Names or Short Titles."
2.	Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names.
3.	Virginia Legislative Information System. 3

11.103 Predecessors of Current Statutes..

1.	Code of Virginia 1950, Annotated, "Tables" (vol. 10).
2.	Code of Virginia 1950, Annotated, parenthetical history at the end of each Code section.
3.	Virginia Code Commission. Tables comparing the old statutes to the new. 4
4.	HeinOnline. Session laws library database covers laws from 1661-2014.

11.104 Acts of the General Assembly by Subject..

1.	Acts of the General Assembly, annual index and periodic cumulative indexes.
2.	Final Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions, and Documents for most recent legislative

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