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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 577 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1979, chapter 83; in 2007, chapter 135<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66208,"identifier":"52-26","token":"52\/6\/52-26","url":"\/52-26\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-26\/","token":"52\/6\/52-26","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperation with other law-enforcement agencies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-26","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Superintendent is authorized to maintain liaison and to cooperate with law<\/span>-enforcement and criminal justice agencies of all counties, cities and towns and all other agencies, departments, and institutions of the Commonwealth, other states and of the United States in order<\/span> to develop and carry on a comprehensive uniform crime<\/span> reporting program for the Commonwealth. Uniform crime<\/span> reports for the Commonwealth shall be published by the Superintendent and distributed in an electronic format to the General Assembly and the office of the Governor, annually. The Superintendent shall publicize the availability of the reports to all law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and the courts<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATION WITH OTHER LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (\u00a7 52-26)\n\nThe Superintendent is authorized to maintain liaison and to cooperate with\nlaw-enforcement and criminal justice agencies of all counties, cities and towns\nand all other agencies, departments, and institutions of the Commonwealth, other\nstates and of the United States in order to develop and carry on a comprehensive\nuniform crime reporting program for the Commonwealth. Uniform crime reports for\nthe Commonwealth shall be published by the Superintendent and distributed in an\nelectronic format to the General Assembly and the office of the Governor,\nannually. The Superintendent shall publicize the availability of the reports to\nall law-enforcement agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and the courts.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 577; 1979, c. 83; 2007, c. 135.","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}}