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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0460\">460<\/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":1511651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378635,"identifier":"9.1-185.11","token":"9.1\/1\/11\/9.1-185.11","url":"\/9.1-185.11\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-185.11\/","token":"9.1\/1\/11\/9.1-185.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Firearms, training and usage; standards and requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-185.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">bail bondsman<\/span> chooses to carry a firearm in the course of his duties, he shall be required to: <a id=\"paragraph-1413935\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.11\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> First complete basic firearms training, as defined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1413936\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.11\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Receive ongoing in-service firearms training, as defined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1413937\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.11\/#A2\"><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> In the event a <span class=\"dictionary\">bail bondsman<\/span> discharges a firearm during the course of his duties, he shall report it to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> within 24 business hours. <a id=\"paragraph-1413938\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/9.1-185.11\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFIREARMS, TRAINING AND USAGE; STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 9.1-185.11)\n\nA. 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