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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58274</law_id><section_number>27-59</section_number><catch_line>Criminal prosecutions</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="27">Fire Protection</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Department of State Police; Public Building Safety Law; Arson Reporting Immunity Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the Department shall be of <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, after investigation as to the cause or origin of any fire, that there is sufficient <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> to charge any person with the <span class="dictionary">crime</span> of <span class="dictionary">arson</span>, or with incendiary burning of property, it shall furnish to the attorney for the Commonwealth of the city or county all such <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, together with the names of witnesses, and all information obtained by it, including a copy of all pertinent and <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> taken by it touching such <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 4188; 1918, p. 123; 1977, c. 613.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
