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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 716 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1973, chapter 216; in 1974, chapter 571; in 1975, chapter 387; in 1976, chapter 705; in 1979, chapter 419; in 1980, chapter 587; in 1984, chapter 779; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54601,"identifier":"15.2-1612.1","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1612.1","url":"\/15.2-1612.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1612.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1612.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Deputy sheriffs to complete course of instruction established by Department of Criminal Justice Services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1612.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any full-time deputy sheriff not employed on July 1, 1971, shall successfully complete a course of instruction established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department\" href=\"\/9.1-102\/\">9.1-102<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPUTY SHERIFFS TO COMPLETE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF\nCRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES (\u00a7 15.2-1612.1)\n\nAny full-time deputy sheriff not employed on July 1, 1971, shall successfully\ncomplete a course of instruction established by the Department of Criminal\nJustice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7 9.1-102.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 716, \u00a7 14.1-73.2; 1973, c. 216; 1974, c. 571; 1975, c. 387;\n1976, c. 705; 1979, c. 419; 1980, c. 587; 1984, c. 779; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}