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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 457<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78479,"section_number":"23.1-810","catch_line":"Authorization for campus police departments in private institutions of higher education","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-810\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72320,"identifier":"23.1-817","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/3\/23.1-817","url":"\/23.1-817\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-817\/","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/3\/23.1-817","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of criminal incident information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-817","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Criminal incident information of any campus police department established pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-810<\/a>, including (i) the date, time, and general location of the alleged crime<\/span>; (ii) a general description of injuries suffered or property damaged or stolen; and (iii) the name and address of any individual arrested as a result of felonies committed against persons or property or misdemeanors<\/span> involving assault<\/span>, battery<\/span>, or moral turpitude<\/span> reported to the campus police, shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the Commonwealth, currently registered student of the institution, or parent of a registered student during the regular office hours of the custodian of such information unless such disclosure is prohibited by law<\/span>. If the release of such information is likely to jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an individual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the destruction of evidence<\/span>, such information may be withheld until such damage is no longer likely to occur from the release of such information.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF CRIMINAL INCIDENT INFORMATION (\u00a7 23.1-817)\n\nCriminal incident information of any campus police department established\npursuant to \u00a7 23.1-810, including (i) the date, time, and general location of\nthe alleged crime; (ii) a general description of injuries suffered or property\ndamaged or stolen; and (iii) the name and address of any individual arrested as\na result of felonies committed against persons or property or misdemeanors\ninvolving assault, battery, or moral turpitude reported to the campus police,\nshall be open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the Commonwealth,\ncurrently registered student of the institution, or parent of a registered\nstudent during the regular office hours of the custodian of such information\nunless such disclosure is prohibited by law. If the release of such information\nis likely to jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an\nindividual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the\ndestruction of evidence, such information may be withheld until such damage is\nno longer likely to occur from the release of such information.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 457, \u00a7 23-232.2; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}