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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 833<\/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 2002, chapters 810<\/a> and 818<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56192,"section_number":"19.2-11.01","catch_line":"Crime victim and witness rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.01\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68693,"section_number":"18.2-248","catch_line":"Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-248\/"},{"id":72208,"section_number":"18.2-57.2","catch_line":"Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-57.2\/"},{"id":73718,"section_number":"18.2-67.5:1","catch_line":"Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.5_1\/"},{"id":54441,"section_number":"18.2-67.5:2","catch_line":"Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent felony sexual assault","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.5_2\/"},{"id":68571,"section_number":"18.2-67.5:3","catch_line":"Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent violent felony sexual assault","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.5_3\/"},{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69004,"identifier":"52-35","token":"52\/8\/52-35","url":"\/52-35\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-35\/","token":"52\/8\/52-35","dublin_core":{"Title":"Witness protection program established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-35","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Superintendent of State Police may establish and maintain within the Department of State Police a witness<\/span> protection program to temporarily relocate or otherwise protect witnesses and their families who may be in danger because of their cooperation with the investigation and prosecution<\/span> of serious violent crimes<\/span>, felony<\/span> violations of \u00a7 18.2-248<\/a>, and violations of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-57.2<\/a>, 18.2-67.5:1<\/a>, 18.2-67.5:2<\/a>, and 18.2-67.5:3<\/a>. The Superintendent may make the services of the program available to law<\/span>-enforcement and criminal justice agencies of all counties, cities, and towns, and of the Commonwealth, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Superintendent under the Administrative Process Act. (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 52-35)\n\nThe Superintendent of State Police may establish and maintain within the\nDepartment of State Police a witness protection program to temporarily relocate\nor otherwise protect witnesses and their families who may be in danger because\nof their cooperation with the investigation and prosecution of serious violent\ncrimes, felony violations of \u00a7 18.2-248, and violations of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-57.2,\n18.2-67.5:1, 18.2-67.5:2, and 18.2-67.5:3. The Superintendent may make the\nservices of the program available to law-enforcement and criminal justice\nagencies of all counties, cities, and towns, and of the Commonwealth, pursuant\nto regulations promulgated by the Superintendent under the Administrative\nProcess Act. (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 833; 2002, cc. 810, 818.","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}}