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To establish such a program, a person who currently holds a credential issued by the Department under Chapter 3 (&#xA7; 46.2-300 et seq.) or completes an application for the same may voluntarily submit emergency contact information for inclusion in his customer record with the Department. Such emergency contact information may include the name, relationship to the customer, address, and telephone number for an individual the customer designates as a contact in the event of an emergency situation.C\n\nAny person voluntarily submitting emergency contact information to the Department for inclusion in the applicant&#8217;s customer record is responsible for maintaining current emergency contact information with the Department. Each applicant submitting emergency contact information to the Department shall certify in his application that he has notified the person he has designated as an emergency contact that such information will be supplied to the Department. The Department shall provide a method by which applicants submitting emergency contact information to the Department may submit such information electronically pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-216.1. Customers may add, modify, or delete information at any time. Such modifications or deletions will overwrite all previously provided information.D\n\nIn the event of an emergency situation, the Department shall make emergency contact information in customer records electronically available to a law-enforcement officer who in the exercise of his official duties requires assistance in reaching a customer&#8217;s emergency contact. Emergency contact information provided to the Department by the customer shall only be disclosed as permitted in this section and shall not be considered a public record subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be subject to disclosure by court order or other means of discovery.E\n\nIn the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department, its employees, and law-enforcement officers shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the maintenance and use of emergency contact information voluntarily provided by customers for use in an emergency situation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299642,"text":"As used in this section, &#8220;emergency contact&#8221; means a person 18 years of age or older whom the customer may designate to be contacted by a law-enforcement officer in an emergency situation.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":299643,"text":"The Department may establish an emergency contact information program to assist law-enforcement personnel in emergency situations. To establish such a program, a person who currently holds a credential issued by the Department under Chapter 3 (&#xA7; 46.2-300 et seq.) or completes an application for the same may voluntarily submit emergency contact information for inclusion in his customer record with the Department. Such emergency contact information may include the name, relationship to the customer, address, and telephone number for an individual the customer designates as a contact in the event of an emergency situation.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":299644,"text":"Any person voluntarily submitting emergency contact information to the Department for inclusion in the applicant&#8217;s customer record is responsible for maintaining current emergency contact information with the Department. Each applicant submitting emergency contact information to the Department shall certify in his application that he has notified the person he has designated as an emergency contact that such information will be supplied to the Department. The Department shall provide a method by which applicants submitting emergency contact information to the Department may submit such information electronically pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-216.1. Customers may add, modify, or delete information at any time. Such modifications or deletions will overwrite all previously provided information.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":299645,"text":"In the event of an emergency situation, the Department shall make emergency contact information in customer records electronically available to a law-enforcement officer who in the exercise of his official duties requires assistance in reaching a customer&#8217;s emergency contact. Emergency contact information provided to the Department by the customer shall only be disclosed as permitted in this section and shall not be considered a public record subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be subject to disclosure by court order or other means of discovery.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":299646,"text":"In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department, its employees, and law-enforcement officers shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the maintenance and use of emergency contact information voluntarily provided by customers for use in an emergency situation.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13272,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers and Duties of Department, Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13271,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","permalink":{"id":225389,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13272,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/1","url":"\/46.2\/I\/2\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13271,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of Motor Vehicles","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13270,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:33","permalink":{"id":225387,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13271,"identifier":"2","token":"46.2\/I\/2","url":"\/46.2\/I\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13270,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions; 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acknowledgment of future receipt of official notices","url":"\/46.2-203.1\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/1\/46.2-203.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":54577,"structure_id":13272,"section_number":"46.2-203.3","catch_line":"Driver communication improvement program","url":"\/46.2-203.3\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/1\/46.2-203.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/46.2-203.2\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0162\">162<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65399,"section_number":"46.2-216.1","catch_line":"Electronic filings or submissions to Department; provision of electronic documents by Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-216.1\/"},{"id":61610,"section_number":"46.2-300","catch_line":"Driving without license prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225411,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83616,"identifier":"46.2-203.2","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/1\/46.2-203.2","url":"\/46.2-203.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-203.2\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/1\/46.2-203.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emergency contact information program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-203.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span>&#8221; means a person 18 years of age or older whom the customer may designate to be contacted by a <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> in an emergency situation. <a id=\"paragraph-299642\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-203.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may establish an <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information program to assist <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement personnel in emergency situations. To establish such a program, a person who currently holds a credential issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> under Chapter 3 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving without license prohibited; penalties\" href=\"\/46.2-300\/\">46.2-300<\/a> et seq.) or completes an application for the same may voluntarily submit <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information for inclusion in his customer record with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information may include the name, relationship to the customer, address, and telephone number for an individual the customer designates as a contact in the event of an emergency situation. <a id=\"paragraph-299643\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-203.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any person voluntarily submitting <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> for inclusion in the applicant&#8217;s customer record is responsible for maintaining current <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. Each applicant submitting <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall certify in his application that he has notified the person he has designated as an <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> that such information will be supplied to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall provide a method by which applicants submitting <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may submit such information electronically pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Electronic filings or submissions to Department; provision of electronic documents by Department\" href=\"\/46.2-216.1\/\">46.2-216.1<\/a>. Customers may add, modify, or delete information at any time. Such modifications or deletions will overwrite all previously provided information. <a id=\"paragraph-299644\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-203.2\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> In the event of an emergency situation, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall make <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information in customer records electronically available to a <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> who in the exercise of his official duties requires assistance in reaching a customer&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span>. <span class=\"dictionary\">Emergency contact<\/span> information provided to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> by the customer shall only be disclosed as permitted in this section and shall not be considered a public record subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be subject to disclosure by <span class=\"dictionary\">court order<\/span> or other means of <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-299645\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-203.2\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> In the absence of gross <span class=\"dictionary\">negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, its employees, and <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection with the maintenance and use of <span class=\"dictionary\">emergency contact<\/span> information voluntarily provided by customers for use in an emergency situation. <a id=\"paragraph-299646\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-203.2\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PROGRAM (\u00a7 46.2-203.2)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;emergency contact&#8221; means a person 18\nyears of age or older whom the customer may designate to be contacted by a\nlaw-enforcement officer in an emergency situation.\n\nB. The Department may establish an emergency contact information program to\nassist law-enforcement personnel in emergency situations. To establish such a\nprogram, a person who currently holds a credential issued by the Department\nunder Chapter 3 (&#xA7; 46.2-300 et seq.) or completes an application for the\nsame may voluntarily submit emergency contact information for inclusion in his\ncustomer record with the Department. Such emergency contact information may\ninclude the name, relationship to the customer, address, and telephone number\nfor an individual the customer designates as a contact in the event of an\nemergency situation.\n\nC. Any person voluntarily submitting emergency contact information to the\nDepartment for inclusion in the applicant&#8217;s customer record is responsible\nfor maintaining current emergency contact information with the Department. Each\napplicant submitting emergency contact information to the Department shall\ncertify in his application that he has notified the person he has designated as\nan emergency contact that such information will be supplied to the Department.\nThe Department shall provide a method by which applicants submitting emergency\ncontact information to the Department may submit such information electronically\npursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-216.1. Customers may add, modify, or delete information\nat any time. Such modifications or deletions will overwrite all previously\nprovided information.\n\nD. In the event of an emergency situation, the Department shall make emergency\ncontact information in customer records electronically available to a\nlaw-enforcement officer who in the exercise of his official duties requires\nassistance in reaching a customer&#8217;s emergency contact. Emergency contact\ninformation provided to the Department by the customer shall only be disclosed\nas permitted in this section and shall not be considered a public record subject\nto disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be subject to\ndisclosure by court order or other means of discovery.\n\nE. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Department, its\nemployees, and law-enforcement officers shall be immune from any civil or\ncriminal liability in connection with the maintenance and use of emergency\ncontact information voluntarily provided by customers for use in an emergency\nsituation.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 162; 2021, Sp. Sess. 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