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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 407<\/a> 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. 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 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59254,"identifier":"19.2-392.01","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-392.01","url":"\/19.2-392.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-392.01\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-392.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Judges may require taking of fingerprints and photographs in certain misdemeanor cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-392.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The judge<\/span> of a district court<\/span> may, in his discretion, on motion<\/span> of the attorney for the Commonwealth, require the duly constituted police officers of the county, city or town within the territorial jurisdiction<\/span> of the court<\/span> to take the fingerprints and photograph of any person who has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor<\/span> other than a misdemeanor<\/span> which is a violation of any provision of Title 46.2.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJUDGES MAY REQUIRE TAKING OF FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN CERTAIN MISDEMEANOR\nCASES (\u00a7 19.2-392.01)\n\nThe judge of a district court may, in his discretion, on motion of the attorney\nfor the Commonwealth, require the duly constituted police officers of the\ncounty, city or town within the territorial jurisdiction of the court to take\nthe fingerprints and photograph of any person who has been arrested and charged\nwith a misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor which is a violation of any\nprovision of Title 46.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 407; 1996, cc. 755, 914.","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}}