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Upon request, the records, documents, notes, recordings, or other information of any kind shall be provided to the Department of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department, or the Office of the Attorney General within 20 days of receiving such request.B\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department, and the Office of the Attorney General may possess, copy, and use presentence reports, postsentence reports, and victim impact statements, including records under seal, for all lawful purposes under this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":291635,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for the purpose of performing their duties and obligations under this chapter, the Department of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department, and the Office of the Attorney General are authorized to possess, copy, and use all records, including records under seal, from all state and local courts, clerks, departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, including but not limited to offices of attorneys for the Commonwealth, the Virginia State Police, local police and sheriffs departments, local schools, institutions of higher education, the Department of Juvenile Justice, court services units, community services boards, the Department, state and local departments of social services, and probation and parole districts. 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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 876<\/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 2009, chapter 740<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81383,"identifier":"37.2-905.2","token":"37.2\/III\/9\/37.2-905.2","url":"\/37.2-905.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-905.2\/","token":"37.2\/III\/9\/37.2-905.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-905.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span> and for the purpose of performing their duties and obligations under this chapter, the Department<\/span> of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department<\/span>, and the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> are authorized to possess, copy, and use all records, including records under seal, from all state<\/span> and local courts<\/span>, clerks, departments<\/span>, agencies, boards, and commissions, including but not limited to offices of attorneys for the Commonwealth, the Virginia State<\/span> Police, local police and sheriffs departments<\/span>, local schools, institutions of higher education, the Department<\/span> of Juvenile Justice, court<\/span> services units, community services boards<\/span>, the Department<\/span>, state<\/span> and local departments<\/span> of social services, and probation<\/span> and parole<\/span> districts. Upon request, the records, documents, notes, recordings, or other information of any kind shall be provided to the Department<\/span> of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department<\/span>, or the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> within 20 days of receiving such request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the Department<\/span> of Corrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department<\/span>, and the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> may possess, copy, and use presentence reports<\/span>, postsentence reports, and victim impact statements, including records under seal, for all lawful purposes under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCESS TO RECORDS (\u00a7 37.2-905.2)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for the purpose of performing\ntheir duties and obligations under this chapter, the Department of Corrections,\nthe Commitment Review Committee, the Department, and the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral are authorized to possess, copy, and use all records, including records\nunder seal, from all state and local courts, clerks, departments, agencies,\nboards, and commissions, including but not limited to offices of attorneys for\nthe Commonwealth, the Virginia State Police, local police and sheriffs\ndepartments, local schools, institutions of higher education, the Department of\nJuvenile Justice, court services units, community services boards, the\nDepartment, state and local departments of social services, and probation and\nparole districts. Upon request, the records, documents, notes, recordings, or\nother information of any kind shall be provided to the Department of\nCorrections, the Commitment Review Committee, the Department, or the Office of\nthe Attorney General within 20 days of receiving such request.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Corrections,\nthe Commitment Review Committee, the Department, and the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral may possess, copy, and use presentence reports, postsentence reports,\nand victim impact statements, including records under seal, for all lawful\npurposes under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 876; 2009, c. 740.","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}}