Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act

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This is Chapter 9 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act.” It is part of Title 9.1 “Commonwealth Public Safety”.

It’s comprised of the following 25 sections.

§ 9.1-900	Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
§ 9.1-901	Persons for whom registration required
§ 9.1-902	Offenses requiring registration
§ 9.1-903	Registration and reregistration procedures
§ 9.1-904	Periodic verification
§ 9.1-905	New residents and nonresident offenders; registration required
§ 9.1-906	Enrollment or employment at institution of higher education; information required
§ 9.1-906.1	Emergency shelters; notification; registration
§ 9.1-907	Procedures upon a failure to register, reregister, or verify registration information
§ 9.1-908	Duration of registration requirement
§ 9.1-909	Relief from registration, reregistration, or verification
§ 9.1-910	Removal of name and information from Registry
§ 9.1-911	Registry maintenance
§ 9.1-912	Registry access and dissemination; fees
§ 9.1-913	Public dissemination by means of the Internet
§ 9.1-914	Automatic notification of registration to certain entities; electronic notification to requesting persons
§ 9.1-915	Regulations
§ 9.1-916	Requests for Registry data by Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; confidentiality
§ 9.1-917	Limitation on liability
§ 9.1-918	Misuse of registry or supplement information; penalty
§ 9.1-919	Notice of penalty on forms and documents
§ 9.1-920	Liberal construction
§ 9.1-921	Exemption of information systems from provisions related to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency
§ 9.1-922	Use of Registry data by Statewide Automated Victim Notification (SAVIN) system; confidentiality
§ 9.1-923	Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry established