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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 6 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 1975, chapter 515; in 1993, chapter 641; in 1999, chapter 117<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 740<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 4<\/a> and 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58519,"section_number":"24.2-404","catch_line":"Duties of Department of Elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-404\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79027,"section_number":"24.2-427","catch_line":"Cancellation of registration by voter or for persons known to be deceased or disqualified to vote","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-427\/"},{"id":55927,"section_number":"32.1-271","catch_line":"Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-271\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64197,"identifier":"24.2-408","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-408","url":"\/24.2-408\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-408\/","token":"24.2\/4\/2\/24.2-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"State Registrar of Vital Records to transmit weekly lists of decedents to Department of Elections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The State Registrar of Vital Records shall transmit to the Department of Elections<\/span> by electronic means a weekly list of all persons 17 years of age or older who have died in the Commonwealth subsequent to its previous weekly list. The lists shall be in a format specified by the Department and shall contain the deceased’s name; address; county, city, or town of residence<\/span>; social security number, if any; and date and place of his birth and of his death. The Department shall maintain a permanent record of the information in the lists as part of the voter registration system<\/span>, and the general registrars<\/span> shall use the information in the lists to carry out their duties pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-427<\/a>. Information in the lists shall be confidential and consistent with the requirements of \u00a7 32.1-271<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS TO TRANSMIT WEEKLY LISTS OF DECEDENTS TO\nDEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS (\u00a7 24.2-408)\n\nThe State Registrar of Vital Records shall transmit to the Department of\nElections by electronic means a weekly list of all persons 17 years of age or\nolder who have died in the Commonwealth subsequent to its previous weekly list.\nThe lists shall be in a format specified by the Department and shall contain the\ndeceased’s name; address; county, city, or town of residence; social\nsecurity number, if any; and date and place of his birth and of his death. The\nDepartment shall maintain a permanent record of the information in the lists as\npart of the voter registration system, and the general registrars shall use the\ninformation in the lists to carry out their duties pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-427.\nInformation in the lists shall be confidential and consistent with the\nrequirements of \u00a7 32.1-271.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 462, \u00a7 24.1-25; 1972, c. 620; 1975, c. 515; 1993, c. 641;\n1999, c. 117; 2015, c. 740; 2022, cc. 4, 28.","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}}