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1997 Uncodified Acts

1997 Virginia Uncodified Acts
11/21/2024

CHAPTER 44

An Act to require agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth to provide copies of requested documents, free of charge, to certain law-enforcement officers.

[H 2709]

Approved March 2, 1997

Whereas, the Department of State Police and other law-enforcement agencies require the reproduction of documents in the possession of state agencies, which documents are invaluable in assisting in the conduct of criminal investigations; and

Whereas, the cost incurred by law-enforcement agencies in having such documents copied for investigative files is high; and

Whereas, state and law-enforcement agencies have the same goal of protecting the public interest; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That all agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth shall provide, at no cost, copies of documents requested by the Department of State Police or other law-enforcement officers as part of an active criminal investigation.

§ 2. "Law-enforcement officer" means the same as that term is defined in § 9-169.