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Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, cc. 369, 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c. 778; 1983, c. 348; 1993, cc. 144, 641; 1994, cc. 250, 656; 1995, c. 314; 1996, c. 251; 1999, c. 843; 2000, cc. 512, 556; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, cc. 184, 410; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, c. 318; 2009, c. 318; 2010, c. 452; 2015, c. 712; 2020, cc. 290, 369; 2022, c. 445.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of registered voters for their districts to (i) candidates for election or political party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the Department of Elections pursuant to § 24.2-949.2, or with the Federal Elections Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in § 58.1-3100, and treasurers, as defined in § 58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts of the Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for jury selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose. However, the Department of Elections is authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state agencies for maintenance of the voter registration system, and to the Chief Election Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems.B\n\nThe Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of Elections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “census liaison” shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. § 16.C\n\nIn no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter registration systems.D\n\nAny list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of § 24.2-418.E\n\nNo recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307116,"text":"The Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of registered voters for their districts to (i) candidates for election or political party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the Department of Elections pursuant to § 24.2-949.2, or with the Federal Elections Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in § 58.1-3100, and treasurers, as defined in § 58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts of the Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for jury selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose. However, the Department of Elections is authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system to general registrars for their official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state agencies for maintenance of the voter registration system, and to the Chief Election Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":307117,"text":"The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of Elections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “census liaison” shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. § 16.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":307118,"text":"In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list furnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter registration systems.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":307119,"text":"Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of § 24.2-418.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":307120,"text":"No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13467,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Voter Registration System","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13090,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:57","permalink":{"id":187829,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13467,"identifier":"2","token":"24.2\/4\/2","url":"\/24.2\/4\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13090,"edition_id":1,"name":"Voter Registration","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12937,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","permalink":{"id":187805,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13090,"identifier":"4","token":"24.2\/4","url":"\/24.2\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12937,"edition_id":1,"name":"Elections","identifier":"24.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","permalink":{"id":187149,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12937,"identifier":"24.2","token":"24.2","url":"\/24.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":58519,"structure_id":13467,"section_number":"24.2-404","catch_line":"Duties of Department of Elections","url":"\/24.2-404\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-404","metadata":false},{"id":61633,"structure_id":13467,"section_number":"24.2-404.1","catch_line":"Commissioner of Elections to serve as state coordinator for the administration of the National Voter Registration Act","url":"\/24.2-404.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-404.1","metadata":false},{"id":78766,"structure_id":13467,"section_number":"24.2-404.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/24.2-404.2\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-404.2","metadata":false},{"id":74482,"structure_id":13467,"section_number":"24.2-404.3","catch_line":"Duty of Department of Elections; 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 462 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 23 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1972, chapter 620; in 1973, chapter 30; in 1974, chapters 369 and 428; in 1975, chapter 515; in 1976, chapter 616; in 1978, chapter 778; in 1983, chapter 348; in 1993, chapters 144 and 641; in 1994, chapters 250<\/a> and 656<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 314<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 251<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 843<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 512<\/a> and 556<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 612<\/a> and 626<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 1015<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 184<\/a> and 410<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 787<\/a> and 892<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 318<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 318<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 452<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 290<\/a> and 369<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 445<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77502,"section_number":"24.2-105.2","catch_line":"Acceptance of payments","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-105.2\/"},{"id":68918,"section_number":"24.2-114","catch_line":"Duties and powers of general registrar","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-114\/"},{"id":82395,"section_number":"24.2-404.4","catch_line":"Exchange of registered voter lists with other states","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-404.4\/"},{"id":84970,"section_number":"24.2-407","catch_line":"Statement for persons receiving lists of persons registered or voting; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-407\/"},{"id":54432,"section_number":"24.2-407.1","catch_line":"Prohibition on disclosure of social security numbers or parts thereof","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-407.1\/"},{"id":56385,"section_number":"24.2-418","catch_line":"Application for registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-418\/"},{"id":68047,"section_number":"24.2-948.1","catch_line":"Exemption from reporting requirements for certain candidates for local office and for directors of soil and water conservation districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60201,"section_number":"24.2-949.2","catch_line":"Statement of organization for a political action committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-949.2\/"},{"id":81869,"section_number":"58.1-3100","catch_line":"Interpretation of \"commissioner.\"","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3100\/"},{"id":57925,"section_number":"58.1-3123","catch_line":"Interpretation of \"treasurer.\"","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3123\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85757,"identifier":"24.2-405","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-405","url":"\/24.2-405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-405\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lists of registered voters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department of Elections<\/span> shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of registered voters<\/span> for their districts to (i) candidates<\/span> for election<\/span> or political party<\/span> nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party<\/span> committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the Department of Elections<\/span> pursuant to § 24.2-949.2<\/a>, or with the Federal Elections Commission pursuant to federal law<\/span>, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in § 58.1-3100<\/a>, and treasurers, as defined in § 58.1-3123<\/a>, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts<\/span> of the Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for jury<\/span> selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose. However, the Department of Elections<\/span> is authorized to furnish information from the voter registration system<\/span> to general registrars<\/span> for their official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state agencies for maintenance of the voter registration system<\/span>, and to the Chief Election<\/span> Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department of Elections<\/span> shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of registered voters<\/span> for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of Elections<\/span> shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any registered voter<\/span>. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “census liaison” shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. § 16. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter<\/span> except a list furnished to a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury<\/span> selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election<\/span> Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal law<\/span>, for maintenance of voter registration systems<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the residence<\/span> street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of § 24.2-418<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLISTS OF REGISTERED VOTERS (\u00a7 24.2-405)\n\nA. The Department of Elections shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of\nregistered voters for their districts to (i) candidates for election or\npolitical party nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) political party\ncommittees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political\naction committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the\nDepartment of Elections pursuant to § 24.2-949.2, or with the Federal\nElections Commission pursuant to federal law, for political purposes only, (iv)\nincumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit\norganizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose\nonly, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in § 58.1-3100, and\ntreasurers, as defined in § 58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and\nenforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the courts of\nthe Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for\njury selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall\nprovide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month\nperiod. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other\npurpose. However, the Department of Elections is authorized to furnish\ninformation from the voter registration system to general registrars for their\nofficial use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state\nagencies for maintenance of the voter registration system, and to the Chief\nElection Officers of other states for maintenance of voter registration systems.\n\nB. The Department of Elections shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of\nthe addresses of registered voters for their localities to local government\ncensus liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address\ninformation to the United States Bureau of the Census. The Department of\nElections shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of\nthe Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of\nmaintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The\ninformation authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other\nperson and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection\nshall contain the name of any registered voter. For the purpose of this\nsubsection, the term “census liaison” shall have the meaning\nprovided in 13 U.S.C. § 16.\n\nC. In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social\nsecurity number, or any part thereof, of any registered voter except a list\nfurnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury\nselection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax\nassessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief Election\nOfficer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts\nthereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter\nregistration in accordance with federal law, for maintenance of voter\nregistration systems.\n\nD. Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box\naddress in lieu of the residence street address for any individual who has\nfurnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street\naddress, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of § 24.2-418.\n\nE. No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the\nInternet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or\nother similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list\nfurnished under this section to a third party for such purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-23; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973,\nc. 30; 1974, cc. 369, 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c. 778; 1983, c.\n348; 1993, cc. 144, 641; 1994, cc. 250, 656; 1995, c. 314; 1996, c. 251; 1999,\nc. 843; 2000, cc. 512, 556; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, cc. 184,\n410; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, c. 318; 2009, c. 318; 2010, c. 452; 2015, c. 712;\n2020, cc. 290, 369; 2022, c. 445.","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}}