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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 669 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 1990 \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":72252,"section_number":"19.2-310.5","catch_line":"DNA data bank","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-310.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71888,"identifier":"19.2-310.6","token":"19.2\/18\/1.1\/19.2-310.6","url":"\/19.2-310.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-310.6\/","token":"19.2\/18\/1.1\/19.2-310.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unauthorized uses of DNA data bank; forensic samples; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-310.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the data bank shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. Any person who disseminates, receives, or otherwise uses or attempts to so use information in the data bank, knowing that such dissemination, receipt, or use is for a purpose other than as authorized by law<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tExcept as authorized by law<\/span>, any person who, for purposes of having DNA analysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any sample submitted to the Department of Forensic Science for analysis shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNAUTHORIZED USES OF DNA DATA BANK; FORENSIC SAMPLES; PENALTIES (\u00a7 19.2-310.6)\n\nAny person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the\ndata bank shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person who disseminates,\nreceives, or otherwise uses or attempts to so use information in the data bank,\nknowing that such dissemination, receipt, or use is for a purpose other than as\nauthorized by law, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\t\tExcept as authorized by law, any person who, for purposes of having DNA\nanalysis performed, obtains or attempts to obtain any sample submitted to the\nDepartment of Forensic Science for analysis shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 669; 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}}