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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 629 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapters 868<\/a> and 881<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77353,"section_number":"19.2-187","catch_line":"Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-187\/"},{"id":73612,"section_number":"19.2-270.5","catch_line":"DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-270.5\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77353,"section_number":"19.2-187","catch_line":"Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-187\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168659,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62769,"identifier":"19.2-187.2","token":"19.2\/12\/19.2-187.2","url":"\/19.2-187.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-187.2\/","token":"19.2\/12\/19.2-187.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure for subpoena duces tecum of analysis evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-187.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No subpoena duces tecum<\/span> shall issue<\/span> for the production of writings or documents used to reach the conclusion contained in a certificate of analysis prepared pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-187<\/a> except upon affidavit<\/span> that the requested writings or documents are material<\/span>. Upon a showing by the Commonwealth that the production of such writings and documents would place an undue burden on the Department of Forensic Science, the court<\/span> may order<\/span> that the subpoena duces tecum<\/span> be satisfied by making the writings and documents available for inspection by the requesting party<\/span> at the laboratory site where the analysis was performed or at the laboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science which is closest to the court<\/span> in which the case is pending.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE FOR SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM OF ANALYSIS EVIDENCE (\u00a7 19.2-187.2)\n\nNo subpoena duces tecum shall issue for the production of writings or documents\nused to reach the conclusion contained in a certificate of analysis prepared\npursuant to \u00a7 19.2-187 except upon affidavit that the requested writings or\ndocuments are material. Upon a showing by the Commonwealth that the production\nof such writings and documents would place an undue burden on the Department of\nForensic Science, the court may order that the subpoena duces tecum be satisfied\nby making the writings and documents available for inspection by the requesting\nparty at the laboratory site where the analysis was performed or at the\nlaboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science which is closest to\nthe court in which the case is pending.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 629; 2005, cc. 868, 881.","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}}