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DAVIS VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUND, INC
EDGAR HEADER FILING INFORMATION
RULE 497(j) FILING
DAVIS VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUND, INC.
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j)
The undersigned on behalf of Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc. ("the
Registrant") hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497 (c) would not
have differed from that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-effective
amendment to its registration statement. The text of such amendment to the
registration statement was filed electronically.
Dated: May 4, 2000
Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Thomas D. Tays
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Thomas D. Tays, Secretary
