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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 170 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0845\">845<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0931\">931<\/a>; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0047\">47<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0083\">83<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56192,"section_number":"19.2-11.01","catch_line":"Crime victim and witness rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.01\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67973,"identifier":"19.2-269.2","token":"19.2\/16\/1\/19.2-269.2","url":"\/19.2-269.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-269.2\/","token":"19.2\/16\/1\/19.2-269.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-269.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>During any criminal proceeding, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> or the attorney for the Commonwealth, a <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> may prohibit <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> as to the current residential or business address, any telephone number, or email address of a victim or <span class=\"dictionary\">witness<\/span> if the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> determines that this information is not <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> under the circumstances of the case.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNONDISCLOSURE OF ADDRESSES OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES\n(\u00a7 19.2-269.2)\n\nDuring any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or the attorney for\nthe Commonwealth, a judge may prohibit testimony as to the current residential\nor business address, any telephone number, or email address of a victim or\nwitness if the judge determines that this information is not material under the\ncircumstances of the case.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 170; 1994, cc. 845, 931; 2018, cc. 47, 83.","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}}