Code of Virginia - Title 9.1 Commonwealth Public Safety - Chapter 9 Sex Offender And Crimes Against Minors Registry Act

9.1-900 Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
The purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (Registry) shall be to assist the efforts of law-enforcement agencies and others to protect ...

9.1-901 Persons for whom registration required
A. Every person convicted on or after July 1, 1994, including a juvenile tried and convicted in the circuit court pursuant to § 16.1-269.1, whether ...

9.1-902 Offenses requiring registration
A. For purposes of this chapter: "Offense for which registration is required" includes: 1. Any offense listed in subsection B; 2. Criminal homicide; 3. Murder; ...

9.1-903 Registration procedures
A. Every person convicted, including juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts pursuant to § 16.1-269.1, whether sentenced as an adult or juvenile, of ...

9.1-904 Reregistration
A. Every person required to register, other than a person convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister with the State Police on ...

9.1-905 New residents and nonresident offenders; registration required
A. All persons required to register shall register within three days of establishing a residence in the Commonwealth. B. Nonresident offenders entering the Commonwealth for ...

9.1-906 Enrollment or employment at institution of higher learning; information required
A. Persons required to register or reregister who are enrolled in or employed at institutions of higher learning shall, in addition to other registration requirements, ...

9.1-907 Procedures upon a failure to register or reregister
A. Whenever it appears from the records of the State Police that a person has failed to comply with the duty to register or reregister, ...

9.1-908 Duration of registration requirement
Any person required to register or reregister shall be required to register until the duty to register and reregister is terminated by a court order ...

9.1-909 Relief from registration or reregistration
A. Upon expiration of three years from the date upon which the duty to register as a sexually violent offender or murderer is imposed, the ...

9.1-910 Removal of name and information from Registry
A. Any person required to register, other than a person who has been convicted of any (i) sexually violent offense, (ii) two or more offenses ...

9.1-911 Registry maintenance
The Registry shall include conviction data received from the courts, including the disposition records for juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts pursuant to ...

9.1-912 Registry access and dissemination; fees
A. Except as provided in § 9.1-913 and subsection B or C of this section, Registry information shall be disseminated upon request made directly to ...

9.1-913 Public dissemination by means of the Internet
The State Police shall develop and maintain a system for making certain Registry information on persons convicted of an offense for which registration is required ...

9.1-914 Automatic notification of registration to certain entities; electronic notification to requesting p...
Any school, day-care service and child-minding service, and any state-regulated or state-licensed child day center, child day program, children's residential facility, family day home, assisted ...

9.1-915 Regulations
The Superintendent of State Police shall promulgate regulations and develop forms to implement and enforce this chapter; including the operation and maintenance of the Registry ...

9.1-916 Requests for Registry data by Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; confidentiality
Upon request of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, the Department of State Police shall provide the Commission with Registry data in an electronic format. The ...

9.1-917 Limitation on liability
No liability shall be imposed upon any law-enforcement official who disseminates information or fails to disseminate information in good faith compliance with the requirements of ...

9.1-918 Misuse of registry information; penalty
Use of registry information for purposes not authorized by this chapter is prohibited, the unlawful use of the information contained in or derived from the ...

9.1-919 Notice of penalty on forms and documents
The Virginia Criminal Information Network and any form or document used by the Department of State Police to disseminate information from the Registry shall provide ...

9.1-920 Severability; liberal construction
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any of its provisions shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, ...

9.1-921 Exemption of information systems from provisions related to the Virginia Information Technologies A...
The provisions of Chapter 20.1 (§ 2.2-2005 et seq.) of Title 2.2 shall not apply to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry pursuant ...

9.1-922 Use of Registry data by Statewide Automated Victim Notification (SAVIN) system; confidentiality...
Upon request of the Compensation Board, the Department of State Police shall provide the Statewide Automated Victim Notification (SAVIN) system with Registry data in an ...