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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1974, chapter 390; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1992, chapter 108.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70616,"section_number":"19.2-267","catch_line":"Provisions applicable to witnesses in criminal as well as civil cases; obligation to attend; summons","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-267\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55390,"identifier":"8.01-402","token":"8.01\/14\/4\/8.01-402","url":"\/8.01-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-402\/","token":"8.01\/14\/4\/8.01-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Members of Department of Motor Vehicles’ Crash Investigation Team not to be required to give evidence in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No member of the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Crash Investigation Team shall be required to give evidence<\/span> concerning any statements made to him in the course of such investigation before any court<\/span> or grand jury<\/span> in any case involving a motor vehicle crash on the highways of the Commonwealth in which any member or members of such Crash Investigation Team made or took part in any investigation pursuant to a directive from the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles for purposes of research and evaluation of the Commonwealth’s highway safety program.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERS OF DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES’ CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM NOT TO\nBE REQUIRED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7 8.01-402)\n\nNo member of the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Crash Investigation Team\nshall be required to give evidence concerning any statements made to him in the\ncourse of such investigation before any court or grand jury in any case\ninvolving a motor vehicle crash on the highways of the Commonwealth in which any\nmember or members of such Crash Investigation Team made or took part in any\ninvestigation pursuant to a directive from the Commissioner of the Department of\nMotor Vehicles for purposes of research and evaluation of the\nCommonwealth’s highway safety program.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-296.1; 1974, c. 390; 1977, c. 617; 1992, c. 108.","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}}