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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0099\">99<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1503915,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376718,"identifier":"66-21.1","token":"66\/2\/66-21.1","url":"\/66-21.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-21.1\/","token":"66\/2\/66-21.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of canines in juvenile correctional facilities; prohibited acts; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-21.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It is unlawful for any juvenile correctional officer or other employee of a juvenile correctional facility to use a patrol or security canine in any juvenile correctional facility. <a id=\"paragraph-1406607\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/66-21.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to the training or use of detector canines or detector canine handlers. <a id=\"paragraph-1406608\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/66-21.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a canine to locate a juvenile who has escaped from a juvenile correctional facility. <a id=\"paragraph-1406609\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/66-21.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF CANINES IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; PROHIBITED ACTS; EXCEPTION\n(\u00a7 66-21.1)\n\nA. 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