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SENATE BILL NO. 1422 Offered January 20, 2011 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3905.1, relating to the practice of law. ---------- Patron-- Quayle ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3905.1 as follows:

§ 54.1-3905.1. Certain acts not deemed practicing law.

The practice of law shall not include (i) the design, creation, publication, distribution, display, or sale of written materials, books, forms, computer software, or similar products, including publication, distribution, display, or sale by means of an Internet website, or (ii) the assembling of legal documents for use by consumers through an automated Internet website, if there is a clear and conspicuous notice to the consumer that the products or assembled documents are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.