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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 486<\/a> and 723<\/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":[{"id":56012,"section_number":"19.2-70.3","catch_line":"Obtaining records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-70.3\/"},{"id":58641,"section_number":"2.2-5517","catch_line":"Use of automatic license plate recognition systems by law-enforcement agencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5517\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237487,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82025,"identifier":"52-34.4","token":"52\/7.2\/52-34.4","url":"\/52-34.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-34.4\/","token":"52\/7.2\/52-34.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-34.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Media<\/span>” means print, radio, television, and Internet-based communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the public.\n\t\t“Missing senior adult<\/span>” means an adult whose whereabouts are unknown and who is over 60 years of age and suffers a cognitive impairment to the extent that he is unable to provide care to himself without assistance from a caregiver, including a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, and whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined by a law<\/span>-enforcement agency to the health and safety of the adult and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.\n\t\t“Senior alert” means the notice of a missing senior adult<\/span> provided to the public by the media<\/span> or other methods under a Senior Alert Agreement<\/span>.\n\t\t“Senior Alert Agreement<\/span>” means a voluntary agreement between law<\/span>-enforcement officials and members of the media<\/span> whereby a senior adult will be declared missing, and the public will be notified by media<\/span> outlets, and includes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as found appropriate by the Virginia State Police.\n\t\t“Senior Alert Program<\/span>” or “Program” means the procedures and Senior Alert Agreements<\/span> to aid in the identification and location of a missing senior adult<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 52-34.4)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Media” means print, radio, television, and Internet-based\ncommunication systems or other methods of communicating information to the\npublic.\n\t\t“Missing senior adult” means an adult whose whereabouts are\nunknown and who is over 60 years of age and suffers a cognitive impairment to\nthe extent that he is unable to provide care to himself without assistance from\na caregiver, including a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, and\nwhose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined by a law-enforcement\nagency to the health and safety of the adult and under such other circumstances\nas deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.\n\t\t“Senior alert” means the notice of a missing senior adult provided\nto the public by the media or other methods under a Senior Alert Agreement.\n\t\t“Senior Alert Agreement” means a voluntary agreement between\nlaw-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby a senior adult will\nbe declared missing, and the public will be notified by media outlets, and\nincludes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as found appropriate\nby the Virginia State Police.\n\t\t“Senior Alert Program” or “Program” means the\nprocedures and Senior Alert Agreements to aid in the identification and location\nof a missing senior adult.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 486, 723.","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}}