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The report shall be open to the inspection of (i) any person involved or injured in the crash or as a result thereof, or his attorney, or any person who, at the time of the crash, owned a vehicle or property involved in the crash, or his attorney, (ii) any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the crash or to which the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, or (iii) the FMCSA or any authorized agent thereof. The Commissioner shall, upon written request of the person authorized to inspect the report, furnish a copy of the report, in either hard copy or electronic form, at the expense of the requester. Any such report shall also be open to inspection by the personal representative of any person injured or killed in the crash, including his guardian, conservator, executor, committee, next of kin as defined in § 54.1-2800, or administrator, or, if the person injured or killed is under 18 years of age, his parent or guardian. The Commissioner shall only be required to furnish under this section copies of reports required by the provisions of this article to be made directly to the Commissioner. The Commissioner may set a reasonable fee for furnishing a copy of any report, provide to whom payment shall be made, and establish a procedure for payment.B\n\nThe Commissioner or Superintendent of State Police having a copy of any photograph taken by a law-enforcement officer relating to a nonfatal crash shall maintain the negatives for or an electronic record of such photographs in their records for at least 36 months from the date of the crash.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221287,"text":"Any report of a crash made pursuant to § 46.2-372, 46.2-373, 46.2-375, or 46.2-377 shall be maintained by the Department in either hard copy or electronic form for a period of at least 36 months from the date of the crash. The report shall be open to the inspection of (i) any person involved or injured in the crash or as a result thereof, or his attorney, or any person who, at the time of the crash, owned a vehicle or property involved in the crash, or his attorney, (ii) any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the crash or to which the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, or (iii) the FMCSA or any authorized agent thereof. The Commissioner shall, upon written request of the person authorized to inspect the report, furnish a copy of the report, in either hard copy or electronic form, at the expense of the requester. Any such report shall also be open to inspection by the personal representative of any person injured or killed in the crash, including his guardian, conservator, executor, committee, next of kin as defined in § 54.1-2800, or administrator, or, if the person injured or killed is under 18 years of age, his parent or guardian. The Commissioner shall only be required to furnish under this section copies of reports required by the provisions of this article to be made directly to the Commissioner. The Commissioner may set a reasonable fee for furnishing a copy of any report, provide to whom payment shall be made, and establish a procedure for payment.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":221288,"text":"The Commissioner or Superintendent of State Police having a copy of any photograph taken by a law-enforcement officer relating to a nonfatal crash shall maintain the negatives for or an electronic record of such photographs in their records for at least 36 months from the date of the crash.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13851,"edition_id":1,"name":"Accident Reports","identifier":"11","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12772,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:05","permalink":{"id":225679,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13851,"identifier":"11","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12772,"edition_id":1,"name":"Licensure of Drivers","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12771,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225629,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12772,"identifier":"3","token":"46.2\/II\/3","url":"\/46.2\/II\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12771,"edition_id":1,"name":"Titling, Registration and Licensure","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225627,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12771,"identifier":"II","token":"46.2\/II","url":"\/46.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":85198,"structure_id":13851,"section_number":"46.2-371","catch_line":"Driver to give immediate notice of certain accidents","url":"\/46.2-371\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-371","metadata":false},{"id":66632,"structure_id":13851,"section_number":"46.2-372","catch_line":"Driver to report certain accidents in writing; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 1956, chapter 648; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1975, chapter 21; in 1976, chapter 40; in 1978, chapter 829; in 1986, chapter 639; in 1989, chapters 302 and 727; in 1997, chapter 801<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 522<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 80<\/a> and 104<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 171<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 750<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 701<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 601<\/a> and 602<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66632,"section_number":"46.2-372","catch_line":"Driver to report certain accidents in writing; certification of financial responsibility to Department; supplemental reports; reports by witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-372\/"},{"id":60928,"section_number":"46.2-373","catch_line":"Report by law-enforcement official investigating accident","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-373\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66632,"section_number":"46.2-372","catch_line":"Driver to report certain accidents in writing; certification of financial responsibility to Department; supplemental reports; reports by witnesses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-372\/"},{"id":60928,"section_number":"46.2-373","catch_line":"Report by law-enforcement official investigating accident","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-373\/"},{"id":79660,"section_number":"46.2-375","catch_line":"Reports by medical examiners of deaths resulting from accidents","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-375\/"},{"id":86462,"section_number":"46.2-377","catch_line":"Reports made by garages to be without prejudice and confidential; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-377\/"},{"id":76263,"section_number":"54.1-2800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60523,"identifier":"46.2-380","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-380","url":"\/46.2-380\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-380\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-380","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports made under certain sections open to inspection by certain persons; copies; maintenance of reports and photographs for three-year period","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-380","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any report of a crash made pursuant to § 46.2-372<\/a>, 46.2-373<\/a>, 46.2-375<\/a>, or 46.2-377<\/a> shall be maintained by the Department<\/span> in either hard copy or electronic form for a period of at least 36 months from the date of the crash. The report shall be open to the inspection of (i) any person involved or injured in the crash or as a result thereof, or his attorney, or any person who, at the time of the crash, owned a vehicle<\/span> or property involved in the crash, or his attorney, (ii) any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the crash or to which the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, or (iii) the FMCSA or any authorized agent<\/span> thereof. The Commissioner<\/span> shall, upon written request of the person authorized to inspect the report, furnish a copy of the report, in either hard copy or electronic form, at the expense of the requester. Any such report shall also be open to inspection by the personal representative of any person injured or killed in the crash, including his guardian, conservator, executor, committee, next of kin as defined in § 54.1-2800<\/a>, or administrator, or, if the person injured or killed is under 18 years of age, his parent or guardian. The Commissioner<\/span> shall only be required to furnish under this section copies of reports required by the provisions of this article to be made directly to the Commissioner<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> may set a reasonable fee for furnishing a copy of any report, provide to whom payment shall be made, and establish a procedure for payment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> or Superintendent<\/span> of State Police having a copy of any photograph taken by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> relating to a nonfatal crash shall maintain the negatives for or an electronic record of such photographs in their records for at least 36 months from the date of the crash. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS MADE UNDER CERTAIN SECTIONS OPEN TO INSPECTION BY CERTAIN PERSONS;\nCOPIES; MAINTENANCE OF REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THREE-YEAR PERIOD (\u00a7\n46.2-380)\n\nA. Any report of a crash made pursuant to § 46.2-372, 46.2-373, 46.2-375,\nor 46.2-377 shall be maintained by the Department in either hard copy or\nelectronic form for a period of at least 36 months from the date of the crash.\nThe report shall be open to the inspection of (i) any person involved or injured\nin the crash or as a result thereof, or his attorney, or any person who, at the\ntime of the crash, owned a vehicle or property involved in the crash, or his\nattorney, (ii) any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably\nanticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the crash or to\nwhich the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile\ninsurance, or (iii) the FMCSA or any authorized agent thereof. The Commissioner\nshall, upon written request of the person authorized to inspect the report,\nfurnish a copy of the report, in either hard copy or electronic form, at the\nexpense of the requester. Any such report shall also be open to inspection by\nthe personal representative of any person injured or killed in the crash,\nincluding his guardian, conservator, executor, committee, next of kin as defined\nin § 54.1-2800, or administrator, or, if the person injured or killed is\nunder 18 years of age, his parent or guardian. The Commissioner shall only be\nrequired to furnish under this section copies of reports required by the\nprovisions of this article to be made directly to the Commissioner. The\nCommissioner may set a reasonable fee for furnishing a copy of any report,\nprovide to whom payment shall be made, and establish a procedure for payment.\n\nB. The Commissioner or Superintendent of State Police having a copy of any\nphotograph taken by a law-enforcement officer relating to a nonfatal crash shall\nmaintain the negatives for or an electronic record of such photographs in their\nrecords for at least 36 months from the date of the crash.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-410; 1956, c. 648; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-410; 1975, c.\n21; 1976, c. 40; 1978, c. 829; 1986, c. 639; 1989, cc. 302, 727; 1997, c. 801;\n1998, c. 522; 2013, cc. 80, 104; 2015, c. 171; 2019, c. 750; 2020, c. 701; 2023,\ncc. 601, 602.","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}}