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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 640 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 1968 \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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55824,"section_number":"46.2-383","catch_line":"Courts to forward abstracts of records or furnish abstract data of conviction by electronic means in certain cases; records in office of Department; inspection; clerk's fee for reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-383\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225745,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57729,"identifier":"46.2-385","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-385","url":"\/46.2-385\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-385\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-385","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prosecuting attorneys to appear in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-385","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If requested by the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> trying the case, attorneys for the Commonwealth and all city and town attorneys whose general duties include the <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecution<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> which are reportable by the <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Courts to forward abstracts of records or furnish abstract data of conviction by electronic means in certain cases; records in office of Department; inspection; clerk&#039;s fee for reports\" href=\"\/46.2-383\/\">46.2-383<\/a>, shall appear on behalf of the Commonwealth or the locality in any contested criminal case wherein a resulting <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> is required to be reported to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Courts to forward abstracts of records or furnish abstract data of conviction by electronic means in certain cases; records in office of Department; inspection; clerk&#039;s fee for reports\" href=\"\/46.2-383\/\">46.2-383<\/a>.\n\t\tThe failure of the attorney to appear shall, in no case, affect the validity of any <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEYS TO APPEAR IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7 46.2-385)\n\nIf requested by the judge trying the case, attorneys for the Commonwealth and\nall city and town attorneys whose general duties include the prosecution of\noffenses which are reportable by the courts to the Department under \u00a7 46.2-383,\nshall appear on behalf of the Commonwealth or the locality in any contested\ncriminal case wherein a resulting conviction is required to be reported to the\nDepartment under \u00a7 46.2-383.\n\t\tThe failure of the attorney to appear shall, in no case, affect the validity\nof any conviction.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 640, \u00a7 46.1-413.2; 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}}