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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 597 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 1980 \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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271949,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58307,"identifier":"63.2-1611","token":"63.2\/III\/16\/3\/63.2-1611","url":"\/63.2-1611\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1611\/","token":"63.2\/III\/16\/3\/63.2-1611","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy of Commonwealth; Department designated agency to coordinate state efforts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1611","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The General Assembly declares that it is the policy of this Commonwealth to support the efforts of public and private community groups seeking to provide assistance to and treatment for the victims of domestic violence and to provide recognition to the need to combat all phases of domestic violence in this Commonwealth. To this end the Department<\/span> is designated as the state agency responsible for coordinating state efforts in this regard.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY OF COMMONWEALTH; DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED AGENCY TO COORDINATE STATE EFFORTS\n(\u00a7 63.2-1611)\n\nThe General Assembly declares that it is the policy of this Commonwealth to\nsupport the efforts of public and private community groups seeking to provide\nassistance to and treatment for the victims of domestic violence and to provide\nrecognition to the need to combat all phases of domestic violence in this\nCommonwealth. To this end the Department is designated as the state agency\nresponsible for coordinating state efforts in this regard.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 597, \u00a7 63.1-315; 2002, c. 747.","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}}