{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/52-34.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/52-34.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/52-34.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/52-34.2.html"}],"law_id":84348,"edition_id":1,"section_id":84348,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.2","catch_line":"Establishment of the Virginia Amber Alert Program","history":"2003, cc. 83, 86.","full_text":"The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Amber Alert Programs throughout the Commonwealth. Amber Alert Programs may be local, regional, or statewide. They may include multiple localities or regions and may be expanded or compressed. The Virginia State Police may (i) inform local law-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures for the Amber Alert Programs set by the State Police; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Amber Alert; and (iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency may verify a child has been abducted and report such information to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of an Amber Alert Program by a locality and the media is voluntary and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a mandate that local officials or the media establish or participate in an Amber Alert Program. Existing Amber Agreements and Programs shall not be altered by the act of assembly creating this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302320,"text":"The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Amber Alert Programs throughout the Commonwealth. Amber Alert Programs may be local, regional, or statewide. They may include multiple localities or regions and may be expanded or compressed. The Virginia State Police may (i) inform local law-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures for the Amber Alert Programs set by the State Police; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Amber Alert; and (iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency may verify a child has been abducted and report such information to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of an Amber Alert Program by a locality and the media is voluntary and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a mandate that local officials or the media establish or participate in an Amber Alert Program. Existing Amber Agreements and Programs shall not be altered by the act of assembly creating this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15183,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Amber Alert Program","identifier":"7.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12841,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:46","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:46","permalink":{"id":237457,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15183,"identifier":"7.1","token":"52\/7.1","url":"\/52\/7.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12841,"edition_id":1,"name":"Police (State)","identifier":"52","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":237127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12841,"identifier":"52","token":"52","url":"\/52\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57818,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/52-34.1\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.1","metadata":false},{"id":84348,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.2","catch_line":"Establishment of the Virginia Amber Alert Program","url":"\/52-34.2\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.2","metadata":false},{"id":65636,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.3","catch_line":"Activation of Amber Alert Program upon an incident of child abduction","url":"\/52-34.3\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.3","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57818,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/52-34.1\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":65636,"structure_id":15183,"section_number":"52-34.3","catch_line":"Activation of Amber Alert Program upon an incident of child abduction","url":"\/52-34.3\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/52-34.2\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 83<\/a> and 86<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237463,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84348,"identifier":"52-34.2","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.2","url":"\/52-34.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-34.2\/","token":"52\/7.1\/52-34.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of the Virginia Amber Alert Program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-34.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Amber Alert Programs<\/span> throughout the Commonwealth. Amber Alert Programs<\/span> may be local, regional, or statewide. They may include multiple localities or regions and may be expanded or compressed. The Virginia State Police may (i) inform local law<\/span>-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures for the Amber Alert Programs<\/span> set by the State Police; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Amber Alert; and (iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law<\/span>-enforcement agency may verify a child has been abducted and report such information to the Virginia State Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of an Amber Alert Program<\/span> by a locality and the media<\/span> is voluntary and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a mandate<\/span> that local officials or the media<\/span> establish or participate in an Amber Alert Program<\/span>. Existing Amber Agreements<\/span> and Programs shall not be altered by the act of assembly creating this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIRGINIA AMBER ALERT PROGRAM (\u00a7 52-34.2)\n\nThe Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of\nuniform standards for the creation of Amber Alert Programs throughout the\nCommonwealth. Amber Alert Programs may be local, regional, or statewide. They\nmay include multiple localities or regions and may be expanded or compressed.\nThe Virginia State Police may (i) inform local law-enforcement officials of the\npolicies and procedures for the Amber Alert Programs set by the State Police;\n(ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of a particular Amber Alert; and\n(iii) establish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency\nmay verify a child has been abducted and report such information to the Virginia\nState Police.\n\t\tThe establishment of an Amber Alert Program by a locality and the media is\nvoluntary and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be a mandate that\nlocal officials or the media establish or participate in an Amber Alert Program.\nExisting Amber Agreements and Programs shall not be altered by the act of\nassembly creating this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, cc. 83, 86.","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}}