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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83902</law_id><section_number>19.2-11.12</section_number><catch_line>Costs of physical evidence recovery kits and trace evidence collection kits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1.2">Physical Evidence Recovery Kits and Trace Evidence Collection Kits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">victim of sexual assault</span> or strangulation shall be charged for the cost of collecting or storing a <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span>, an <span class="dictionary">anonymous <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span></span>, a <span class="dictionary">trace evidence collection kit</span>, or an <span class="dictionary">anonymous <span class="dictionary">trace evidence collection kit</span></span>.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 535; 2023, c. 312.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
