§ 9.1-160. Designation of McGruff House; application; penalty
All persons displaying the McGruff House symbol so that it is visible from the outside of their house shall first apply for designation as a McGruff House with a local law-enforcement agency. Upon receipt of an application for designation, the local law-enforcement agency shall conduct a background check of the applicant in accordance with Chapter 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2 and Department regulations at no charge to the applicant. Any background checks of applicants for this program conducted by the Department of Social Services through the Child Abuse Registry shall be done at no charge. Upon finding that the applicant meets the criteria established by the Department for maintaining a McGruff House and receipt of a signed statement by the applicant agreeing to the terms and conditions of the McGruff House Program, the law-enforcement agency shall provide the applicant with the McGruff House symbol.
The McGruff House symbol shall remain the property of the local law-enforcement agency. Upon a determination by the issuing law-enforcement agency that a house no longer meets the established criteria for a McGruff House, the symbol shall promptly be returned to the issuing law-enforcement agency.
Failure to return the symbol promptly after receipt of a written request to do so, which shall state the reason for the request, shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $100. Persons not designated pursuant to this section to display the McGruff House symbol shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $100.
(1994, cc. 60, 868, § 9-173.18; 2001, c. 844.)
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