Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program

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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program.” It is part of Chapter 1 “Department of Criminal Justice Services”, which is part of Title 9.1 “Commonwealth Public Safety”. It contains 7 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 7 sections.

§ 9.1-151	Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program; appointment of advisory committee
§ 9.1-152	Local court-appointed special advocate programs; powers and duties
§ 9.1-153	Volunteer court-appointed special advocates; powers and duties; assignment; qualifications; training
§ 9.1-154	Immunity
§ 9.1-155	Notice of hearings and proceedings
§ 9.1-156	Inspection and copying of records by advocate; confidentiality of records
§ 9.1-157	Cooperation of state and local entities