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Statutes > Virginia > Title-1 > Chapter-5 > 1-504§ 1-504. Uses and tax on lesser seal.
The lesser seal shall be affixed to all grants for lands and writs ofelection issued by the Governor; to all letters of pardon and reprieve; toall commissions, civil and military, signed by the Governor, and to all otherpapers, requiring a seal, authorized to be issued by the Governor for thepurpose of carrying the laws into effect within the Commonwealth; and also,when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, may be used byhim as an authentication of his official signature. No tax shall be imposedon the use of such lesser seal, except upon commissions appointing notaries,and commissioners in other states for taking acknowledgments, and uponcertificates of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, when, at the request ofthe parties desiring such certificates, the seal is attached. In all suchcases the tax shall be the same as upon the great seal, and shall becollected and accounted for in the same manner.
(Code 1950, § 7-31; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-31; 2005, c. 839.)
