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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 656<\/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 3 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 2007, chapter 318<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 452<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85757,"section_number":"24.2-405","catch_line":"Lists of registered voters","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-405\/"},{"id":61828,"section_number":"24.2-406","catch_line":"Lists of persons voting at elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-406\/"},{"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":187863,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54432,"identifier":"24.2-407.1","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-407.1","url":"\/24.2-407.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-407.1\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-407.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition on disclosure of social security numbers or parts thereof","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-407.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person who has obtained, under \u00a7 24.2-405<\/a> or 24.2-406<\/a> or any prior law<\/span>, a list of persons registered or voting which contained social security numbers, or any parts thereof, to disclose any voter’s social security number, or any part thereof, to any other person. Any person maintaining a system containing social security numbers, or any parts thereof, obtained from the Board<\/span> or the Department of Elections<\/span> shall delete or destroy the portion of his records containing those numbers, except for 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, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3100<\/a>, or a treasurer, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3123<\/a>, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or 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 the purpose of matching voter registration lists.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION ON DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OR PARTS THEREOF (\u00a7\n24.2-407.1)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person who has obtained, under \u00a7 24.2-405 or\n24.2-406 or any prior law, a list of persons registered or voting which\ncontained social security numbers, or any parts thereof, to disclose any\nvoter’s social security number, or any part thereof, to any other person.\nAny person maintaining a system containing social security numbers, or any parts\nthereof, obtained from the Board or the Department of Elections shall delete or\ndestroy the portion of his records containing those numbers, except for a list\nfurnished to a court of the Commonwealth or of the United States for jury\nselection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3100,\nor a treasurer, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3123, for tax assessment, collection, and\nenforcement purposes, or the Chief Election Officer of another state, permitted\nto use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use\nof such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with\nfederal law, for the purpose of matching voter registration lists.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 656; 2007, c. 318; 2010, c. 452; 2015, c. 712.","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}}