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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0649\">649<\/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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82912,"identifier":"3.2-3714","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3714","url":"\/3.2-3714\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3714\/","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3714","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3714","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be the duty of each attorney for the Commonwealth with responsibility for the enforcement of this chapter, and to whom any violation is reported, to commence proceedings and <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecute<\/span> in an appropriate <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> without delay.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY OF ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 3.2-3714)\n\nIt shall be the duty of each attorney for the Commonwealth with responsibility\nfor the enforcement of this chapter, and to whom any violation is reported, to\ncommence proceedings and prosecute in an appropriate court without delay.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 649, \u00a7 3.1-126.12:2; 2008, c. 860.","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}}