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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1975, chapter 553; in 1986, chapter 639; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74120,"section_number":"16.1-301","catch_line":"Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal and others","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-301\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60928,"section_number":"46.2-373","catch_line":"Report by law-enforcement official investigating accident","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-373\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75021,"identifier":"46.2-374","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-374","url":"\/46.2-374\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-374\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-374","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department to prepare and supply forms for reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-374","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall prepare and, on request, supply to police departments<\/span>, medical examiners or other officials exercising like functions, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies forms for accident reports and other reports required to be made to the Department<\/span>, appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purpose to be served. The forms for accident reports shall include suitable spaces for the name or names of the insurance carrier of the automobile liability policy of each vehicle<\/span> involved in the accidents as required to be reported by \u00a7 46.2-373<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT TO PREPARE AND SUPPLY FORMS FOR REPORTS (\u00a7 46.2-374)\n\nThe Department shall prepare and, on request, supply to police departments,\nmedical examiners or other officials exercising like functions, sheriffs, and\nother suitable agencies forms for accident reports and other reports required to\nbe made to the Department, appropriate with respect to the persons required to\nmake the reports and the purpose to be served. The forms for accident reports\nshall include suitable spaces for the name or names of the insurance carrier of\nthe automobile liability policy of each vehicle involved in the accidents as\nrequired to be reported by \u00a7 46.2-373.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-401; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-403; 1975, c. 553; 1986, c.\n639; 1989, c. 727.","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}}