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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0868\">868<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0881\">881<\/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":1512133,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378528,"identifier":"9.1-1103","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1103","url":"\/9.1-1103\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-1103\/","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forensic Science Academy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-1103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Forensic Science Academy, formerly within the Division of Forensic Science, shall be transferred to the Department, and shall provide advanced training to <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agencies in the location, collection, and preservation of <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORENSIC SCIENCE ACADEMY (\u00a7 9.1-1103)\n\nThe Forensic Science Academy, formerly within the Division of Forensic Science,\nshall be transferred to the Department, and shall provide advanced training to\nlaw-enforcement agencies in the location, collection, and preservation of\nevidence.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 868, 881.","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"}}