                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED (§ 52-35)

The Superintendent of State Police may establish and maintain within the
Department of State Police a witness 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 of serious violent
crimes, felony violations of § 18.2-248, and violations of §§ 18.2-57.2,
18.2-67.5:1, 18.2-67.5:2, and 18.2-67.5:3. The Superintendent may make the
services of the program available to law-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. (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1994, c. 833; 2002, cc. 810, 818.