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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
Agency 40. Department of Forensic Science
Chapter 40. Regulations for the Implementation of the Law Permitting DNA Analysis Upon Arrest for All Violent Felonies and Certain Burglaries

12/27/2024

6VAC40-40-20. Substantial compliance.

These regulations and the procedures set forth herein relating to the taking, handling and identification of saliva or tissue samples, and the completion or filing of any form or record prescribed by these regulations, are procedural in nature and not substantive. Substantial compliance therewith shall be deemed sufficient.

Statutory Authority

§ 9.1-1110 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Formerly 6VAC20-210-20 derived from Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 23, eff. August 26, 2004; amended and renumbered as 6VAC40-40-20, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 10, eff. February 22, 2006.

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