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Subject to the disclosures allowed by this section, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town, or their designees, that investigates any complaint for violation of \u00a7 59.1-535 to maintain the confidentiality of all evidence, testimony, documents, or other results of such investigations, including the names of the complainant, and the person that is the subject of the investigation. 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 861<\/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":70086,"section_number":"59.1-535","catch_line":"Prohibitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-535\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67405,"identifier":"59.1-536","token":"59.1\/48\/59.1-536","url":"\/59.1-536\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-536\/","token":"59.1\/48\/59.1-536","dublin_core":{"Title":"Complaint investigations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-536","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event that the Attorney General<\/span>, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town investigates a complaint for a violation of \u00a7 59.1-535<\/a> and determines that the person has not violated the section, and if the person requests, the Attorney General<\/span>, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town shall promptly issue<\/span> a signed statement indicating that a violation of \u00a7 59.1-535<\/a> has not been found. Subject to the disclosures allowed by this section, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General<\/span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town, or their designees, that investigates any complaint for violation of \u00a7 59.1-535<\/a> to maintain the confidentiality of all evidence<\/span>, testimony<\/span>, documents, or other results of such investigations, including the names of the complainant, and the person that is the subject of the investigation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the presentation and disclosure of any such investigative evidence<\/span> in an action or proceeding brought under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS (\u00a7 59.1-536)\n\nIn the event that the Attorney General, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or\nthe attorney for any county, city, or town investigates a complaint for a\nviolation of \u00a7 59.1-535 and determines that the person has not violated the\nsection, and if the person requests, the Attorney General, any attorney for the\nCommonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town shall promptly issue\na signed statement indicating that a violation of \u00a7 59.1-535 has not been\nfound. Subject to the disclosures allowed by this section, it shall be the duty\nof the Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for\nany county, city, or town, or their designees, that investigates any complaint\nfor violation of \u00a7 59.1-535 to maintain the confidentiality of all evidence,\ntestimony, documents, or other results of such investigations, including the\nnames of the complainant, and the person that is the subject of the\ninvestigation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the\npresentation and disclosure of any such investigative evidence in an action or\nproceeding brought under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 861.","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}}