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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 332<\/a> and 698<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 312<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351237,"identifier":"19.2-11.7","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.7","url":"\/19.2-11.7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-11.7\/","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Law enforcement taking possession of physical evidence recovery kits and trace evidence collection kits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-11.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A health care provider<\/span> that has collected a physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> from a victim of sexual assault<\/span> or a trace evidence collection kit<\/span> from a victim of strangulation<\/span> who has elected to report the offense<\/span> shall forthwith notify the law<\/span>-enforcement agency<\/span> that such kit has been collected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A law<\/span>-enforcement agency<\/span> that receives notice from a health care provider<\/span> that a physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> or trace evidence collection kit<\/span> has been collected shall forthwith take possession<\/span> of the physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> or trace evidence collection kit<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLAW ENFORCEMENT TAKING POSSESSION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE RECOVERY KITS AND TRACE\nEVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS (\u00a7 19.2-11.7)\n\nA. A health care provider that has collected a physical evidence recovery kit\nfrom a victim of sexual assault or a trace evidence collection kit from a victim\nof strangulation who has elected to report the offense shall forthwith notify\nthe law-enforcement agency that such kit has been collected.\n\nB. A law-enforcement agency that receives notice from a health care provider\nthat a physical evidence recovery kit or trace evidence collection kit has been\ncollected shall forthwith take possession of the physical evidence recovery kit\nor trace evidence collection kit.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, cc. 332, 698; 2023, c. 312.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}