Virginia — Code of Virginia

Complete, unannotated statutory corpus and directed cross-reference citation graph for the Commonwealth of Virginia across all 76 active titles and 1,378 distinct chapters, cryptographically sealed from official Virginia General Assembly Division of Legislative Automated Systems (law.lis.virginia.gov) sources.

76 Active Titles

1,378 Distinct Chapters

31,306 Statutory Sections

148,696 Subsections

43,171 Citation Edges

100% AKN 3.0 XSD Valid

Single-Snapshot Dataset Acquisition • 10/2026 Edition

Code of Virginia — Complete Medallion Snapshot

One-time purchase for the complete October 2026 (10/2026) edition single-snapshot dataset of the Code of Virginia. Includes perpetual commercial license rights to the Bronze raw source payloads, Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML archive, Gold Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges), and SHA-256 provenance manifests.

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Medallion Architecture Deliverables

Three-tier statutory distribution with end-to-end SHA-256 cryptographic lineage from raw legislative payload to analytical Parquet tables.

Bronze Layer

Immutable Source Payloads

Verbatim section payloads captured from the Virginia General Assembly Division of Legislative Automated Systems (law.lis.virginia.gov) with wire-level SHA-256 hashes and structural hierarchy metadata.

Source Authority Virginia Code Commission
Sealed Payloads 31,306 Files
Lineage Manifest bronze_manifest.jsonl
Integrity Seal manifest.sha256 (0444)

Silver Layer

OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML

Normalized, schema-validated OASIS LegalDocML (Akoma Ntoso 3.0) XML documents containing strictly enacted statutory text, subsection hierarchy, and session-law history citations.

XML Standard OASIS AKN 3.0 (XSD 1.0)
Validated Docs 31,306 / 31,306 (100%)
History Coverage 31,306 / 31,306 (100.0%)
Third-Party IP / Notes 0 (Strictly Stripped)

Gold Layer

Apache Parquet & Citation Graph

Snappy-compressed Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges) and pre-indexed DuckDB analytical catalog ready for immediate SQL, Polars, PyArrow, or RAG/LLM ingestion.

Section Table 31,306 Rows (26.69 MB)
Subsection Table 148,696 Rows (24.27 MB)
Citation Graph 43,171 Directed Edges
DuckDB Catalog keystone_vacode.duckdb

Artifact / Archive	Layer / Format	Records	Size	SHA-256 Cryptographic Seal
sections.parquet	Gold Columnar Table (Snappy Parquet)	31,306	26.69 MB	6297c8c669014f1e1f34a3514c83c55f2b3786fe02fab0b55cb7cd13ea3052e8
subsections.parquet	Gold Hierarchical Paragraphs (Snappy Parquet)	148,696	24.27 MB	6a9b1bf63b971b51d91d71a2bef10e6eb310c67cdb54bdfa97f83370bcb102d0
edges.parquet	Gold Directed Citation Graph (Snappy Parquet)	43,171	605.05 KB	c02a27fffbaeea667410edda35109220ff630da24c931db55887d54f851c8fbe
keystone_vacode_bronze_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Bronze Source Archive (Raw Payloads + Manifests)	31,306 files	22.45 MB	7c27f9c5bea1df616788a3556c05d7977fce129d1510b91fdcad50de903ff894
keystone_vacode_silver_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Silver OASIS AKN 3.0 XML Archive (XML + XSD + Manifests)	31,306 docs	29.35 MB	6e69333d43255099560a01b45697e3087b8255ede624c07427404001609a4bd6
keystone_vacode_gold_2026-10.tar.gz	Complete Gold Release Archive (Parquet + Manifests)	223,173	44.26 MB	a665ab133e7cd05d36796cee4c7446468741e62f961309daba2d3a6e70f75a19
keystone_vacode_title1_sample.tar.gz	Title 1 Sample Showcase Slice (Title 1 - General Provisions)	120 secs	104.50 KB	33334e360d852f9c9495d1e3195ca7e3ba80c86ad19e1f2ea820a42d4381d08f

Canonical Record Specimen: Va. Code § 1-2.1

Side-by-side view of Section 1-2.1 (Effective date of certain provisions) in Silver OASIS Akoma Ntoso 3.0 XML and Gold Parquet JSON representation.

            data/silver/vacode/akn_xml/title_1/VACODE-1-2.1.xml
            Silver OASIS AKN 3.0
          

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<akomaNtoso xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"
            xmlns:meta="https://pipeline.local/schema/meta">
  <act name="statute">
    <meta>
      <identification source="#pipeline">
        <FRBRWork>
          <FRBRthis value="/akn/us-va/act/vacode/title-1/section-1-2.1"/>
          <FRBRdate date="2026-10-21" name="snapshot"/>
          <FRBRcountry value="US-VA"/>
        </FRBRWork>
      </identification>
      <proprietary source="#pipeline">
        <meta:source_html_sha256>f08ba0225ce493cc...3d840</meta:source_html_sha256>
        <meta:doc_id>VACODE-1-2.1</meta:doc_id>
        <meta:jurisdiction>US-VA</meta:jurisdiction>
        <meta:container_id>1</meta:container_id>
        <meta:chapter_id>1</meta:chapter_id>
        <meta:chapter_name>Chapter 1 - CODE OF VIRGINIA</meta:chapter_name>
        <meta:history_note>R. P. 1948, § 1-2.1.</meta:history_note>
      </proprietary>
    </meta>
    <body>
      <section eId="sec_1-2.1">
        <num>1-2.1</num>
        <heading>Effective date of certain provisions</heading>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1_2_1__p_1" class="indent-1">
          <num>p_1</num>
          <content>
            <p>The following provisions of this Code shall become effective
            July 1, 1948, namely:</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph eId="sec_1_2_1__p_2" class="indent-1">
          <num>p_2</num>
          <content>
            <p>Chapter 1 of Title 1; Chapters 1, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16 of
            Title 2; Chapter 13 of Title 3; Chapter 11 of Title 6;
            Chapters 2 and 5 of Title 9; all of Title 10; Article 7 of
            Chapter 1 of Title 14; Article 3 of Cha...</p>
          </content>
        </paragraph>
      </section>
    </body>
  </act>
</akomaNtoso>

            gold.sections / gold.subsections / gold.edges
            Gold Parquet Row
          

// 1. sections.parquet (Primary Key: doc_id = "VACODE-1-2.1")
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-VA",
  "doc_id": "VACODE-1-2.1",
  "universal_doc_id": "US-VA-VACODE-1-2.1",
  "container_type": "title",
  "container_id": "1",
  "container_name": "Title 1 - General Provisions",
  "title": 1,
  "chapter_id": "1",
  "chapter_name": "Chapter 1 - CODE OF VIRGINIA",
  "subchapter_id": "",
  "subchapter_name": "",
  "section_number": "1-2.1",
  "heading": "Effective date of certain provisions",
  "paragraph_count": 2,
  "history_note": "R. P. 1948, § 1-2.1.",
  "source_html_sha256": "f08ba0225ce493cc14f2d7e8d55e3dfab48f57472cd015419565b35e4793d840",
  "akn_sha256": "14e5b6f60cc9ace29f947528291462153d9a80231a21b1fd1ffa8901198ceeeb"
}

// 2. subsections.parquet (2 rows for VACODE-1-2.1)
{
  "doc_id": "VACODE-1-2.1",
  "paragraph_eid": "sec_1_2_1__p_1",
  "paragraph_seq": 1,
  "enum_label": "p_1",
  "indent_level": 1,
  "text": "The following provisions of this Code shall become effective July 1, 1948, namely:"
}

// 3. edges.parquet (Sample Directed Citation Edge in Code of Virginia)
{
  "jurisdiction": "US-VA",
  "source_doc_id": "VACODE-1-2",
  "source_section": "1-2",
  "target_doc_id": "VACODE-1-2.1",
  "target_section": "1-2.1",
  "target_title": 1,
  "citation_count": 1
}

Gold Parquet Schema Specification

Standardized cross-jurisdiction schema shared across all 57 Keystone Legal Data statutory repositories.

Table	Column Name	Parquet Type	Description
sections.parquet	jurisdiction / doc_id / universal_doc_id	VARCHAR	Jurisdiction code (`US-VA`), collection-scoped primary key (`VACODE-1-2.1`), and global key.
	container_type / container_id / container_name	VARCHAR	Top-level statutory container metadata (e.g., `title`, `1`, `Title 1 - General Provisions`).
	chapter_id / chapter_name	VARCHAR	Intermediate chapter/article identifier and official heading (100% populated across all 31,306 sections).
	section_number / heading	VARCHAR	Canonical section number (e.g., `1-2.1`) and cleaned catchline heading.
	full_text	VARCHAR	Complete, newline-delimited statutory text of the section (strictly enacted text only).
	history_note	VARCHAR	Legislative session-law enactment and amendment history citations (31,306 / 31,306 sections populated).
	paragraph_count	INT64	Number of child subsection paragraphs shredded into `subsections.parquet`.
	source_html_sha256 / akn_sha256	VARCHAR	Cryptographic SHA-256 digests linking the Gold row to its exact Silver XML and Bronze raw payload.
subsections.parquet	paragraph_eid / paragraph_seq	VARCHAR / INT64	OASIS AKN 3.0 element ID (`sec_1_2_1__p_1`) and deterministic 1-based sequence order within the section.
	enum_label / indent_level	VARCHAR / INT64	Extracted structural enumerator (e.g., `(a)`, `(1)`, `(A)`) and hierarchical indentation depth (`1`–`6`).
	text	VARCHAR	Cleaned text of the individual statutory subsection or paragraph.
edges.parquet	source_doc_id / target_doc_id	VARCHAR	Directed citation graph edge resolving in-text statutory references from citing section to cited target section.
edges.parquet	source_section / target_section / citation_count	VARCHAR / INT64	Canonical section numbers and frequency count of cross-references between the pair.

Complete 76-Title Inventory (Code of Virginia)

Breakdown of distinct chapters and statutory sections across all 76 active titles in the October 2026 edition.

Title	Title Heading	Chapters	Sections
Title 1	Title 1 - General Provisions	6	120
Title 2.2	Title 2.2 - Administration of Government	70	1,354
Title 3.2	Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food	70	1,137
Title 4.1	Title 4.1 - Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control	11	250
Title 5.1	Title 5.1 - Aviation	9	198
Title 6.2	Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services	27	950
Title 8.01	Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure	38	1,052
Title 8.1A	Title 8.1A - Uniform Commercial Code — General Provisions	3	23
Title 8.2	Title 8.2 - Commercial Code - Sales	7	104
Title 8.2A	Title 8.2A - Commercial Code — Leases	5	79
Title 8.3A	Title 8.3A - Commercial Code — Negotiable Instruments	6	69
Title 8.4	Title 8.4 - Commercial Code — Bank Deposits and Collections	5	41
Title 8.4A	Title 8.4A - Commercial Code — Funds Transfers	5	38
Title 8.5A	Title 8.5A - Uniform Commercial Code — Letters of Credit	1	19
Title 8.7	Title 8.7 - Commercial Code — Warehouse Receipts, Bills of Lading and Other Documents of Title	6	41
Title 8.8A	Title 8.8A - Commercial Code — Investment Securities	6	52
Title 8.9A	Title 8.9A - Commercial Code — Secured Transactions	8	152
Title 8.10	Title 8.10 - Commercial Code — Effective Date — Transitional Provisions	1	4
Title 8.11	Title 8.11 - 1973 Amendatory Act — Effective Date and Transition Provisions	1	8
Title 8.12	Title 8.12 - Controllable Electronic Records	1	7
Title 8.13	Title 8.13 - 2022 Amendments – Effective Date and Transition Provisions	4	10
Title 9.1	Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety	16	249
Title 10.1	Title 10.1 - Conservation	29	835
Title 11	Title 11 - Contracts	3	27
Title 12.1	Title 12.1 - State Corporation Commission	5	46
Title 13.1	Title 13.1 - Corporations	11	834
Title 15.2	Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns	83	2,260
Title 16.1	Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record	6	402
Title 17.1	Title 17.1 - Courts of Record	10	304
Title 18.2	Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally	13	867
Title 19.2	Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure	40	714
Title 20	Title 20 - Domestic Relations	14	291
Title 21	Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts	7	349
Title 22.1	Title 22.1 - Education	34	785
Title 23.1	Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions	34	582
Title 24.2	Title 24.2 - Elections	15	504
Title 25.1	Title 25.1 - Eminent Domain	4	106
Title 27	Title 27 - Fire Protection	7	106
Title 28.2	Title 28.2 - Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters	16	371
Title 29.1	Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating	8	371
Title 30	Title 30 - General Assembly	56	418
Title 32.1	Title 32.1 - Health	27	776
Title 33.2	Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems	40	732
Title 34	Title 34 - Homestead and Other Exemptions	4	33
Title 35.1	Title 35.1 - Hotels, Restaurants, Summer Camps, and Campgrounds	5	31
Title 36	Title 36 - Housing	15	308
Title 37.2	Title 37.2 - Behavioral Health and Developmental Services	10	218
Title 38.2	Title 38.2 - Insurance	64	1,797
Title 40.1	Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment	8	199
Title 41.1	Title 41.1 - Land Office	1	19
Title 42.1	Title 42.1 - Libraries	8	81
Title 43	Title 43 - Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens	8	58
Title 44	Title 44 - Military and Emergency Laws	8	194
Title 45.2	Title 45.2 - Mines, Minerals, and Energy	21	624
Title 46.2	Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles	18	1,616
Title 47.1	Title 47.1 - Notaries and Out-of-State Commissioners	6	36
Title 48	Title 48 - Nuisances	2	18
Title 49	Title 49 - Oaths, Affirmations and Bonds	3	30
Title 50	Title 50 - Partnerships	2	167
Title 51.1	Title 51.1 - Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement	17	305
Title 51.5	Title 51.5 - Persons with Disabilities	8	143
Title 52	Title 52 - Police (State)	21	103
Title 53.1	Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction	14	382
Title 54.1	Title 54.1 - Professions and Occupations	49	1,164
Title 55.1	Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances	34	866
Title 56	Title 56 - Public Service Companies	33	606
Title 57	Title 57 - Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries	4	95
Title 58.1	Title 58.1 - Taxation	42	1,621
Title 59.1	Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce	95	796
Title 60.2	Title 60.2 - Unemployment Compensation	6	169
Title 61.1	Title 61.1 - Warehouses, Cold Storage and Refrigerated Locker Plants	5	31
Title 62.1	Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors	35	523
Title 63.2	Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)	22	459
Title 64.2	Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries	26	761
Title 65.2	Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation	12	162
Title 66	Title 66 - Juvenile Justice	4	54
Total (76 Titles)	Complete Code of Virginia Corpus	1,378	31,306