CHAPTER 72

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 52-4.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to taking and preserving fingerprints of persons charged with a

felony.
[H 208]
Approved February 20, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
an That § 52-4.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 52-4.1. The Department of State Police and the several officers
and employees thereof may take the fingerprints of any person arrested
and charged * with a felony. The Department is authorized to receive
fingerprints and copies of fingerprint records from any federal, State or
local governmental authority and to classify and to preserve the same.
To such end the Department shall establish an identification section for
keeping such records and performing the services herein set forth. The
Department is authorized to provide, on the request of duly appointed
law enforcement officers, copies of any fingerprint records it may have,
and to furnish services and technical advice in connection with the taking,
classifying and preserving of fingerprints and fingerprint records.