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The Department shall use the applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search.B\n\nEach currently certified unarmed security officer applying for renewal between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004, shall submit his fingerprints to the Department on a form provided by the Department. The Department shall use the applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search.C\n\nThe Department may suspend the registration, license or certification of any applicant who is subsequently convicted of a misdemeanor involving (i) moral turpitude, (ii) assault and battery, (iii) damage to real or personal property, (iv) controlled substances or imitation controlled substances as defined in Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, (v) prohibited sexual behavior as described in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, or (vi) firearms or any felony.D\n\nAny person willfully and intentionally making a false statement in the personal descriptive information required on the fingerprint card is guilty of a Class 5 felony.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217662,"text":"Each applicant for initial registration, licensure or certification as a compliance agent, private security services training school or instructor or unarmed security officer under the provisions of this article and every person employed as an electronic security employee or electronic security technician’s assistant shall submit his fingerprints to the Department on a form provided by the Department. The Department shall use the applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":217663,"text":"Each currently certified unarmed security officer applying for renewal between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004, shall submit his fingerprints to the Department on a form provided by the Department. 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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 737 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. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1988, chapter 765; in 1992, chapter 578; in 1994, chapter 810<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 79<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 122<\/a> and 807<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 578<\/a> and 597<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84070,"section_number":"18.2-247","catch_line":"Use of terms \"controlled substances,\" \"marijuana,\" \"Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,\" \"imitation controlled substance,\" and \"counterfeit controlled substance\" in Title 18.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-247\/"},{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59393,"identifier":"9.1-145","token":"9.1\/1\/4\/9.1-145","url":"\/9.1-145\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-145\/","token":"9.1\/1\/4\/9.1-145","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fingerprints required; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-145","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each applicant for initial registration<\/span>, licensure or certification<\/span> as a compliance agent<\/span>, private security services training school<\/span> or instructor or unarmed security officer<\/span> under the provisions of this article and every person employed<\/span> as an electronic security employee<\/span> or electronic security technician<\/span>’s assistant shall submit his fingerprints to the Department<\/span> on a form provided by the Department<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall use the applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each currently certified unarmed security officer<\/span> applying for renewal between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004, shall submit his fingerprints to the Department<\/span> on a form provided by the Department<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall use the applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the conduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History Records search. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may suspend the registration<\/span>, license or certification<\/span> of any applicant who is subsequently convicted of a misdemeanor<\/span> involving (i) moral turpitude<\/span>, (ii) assault<\/span> and battery<\/span>, (iii) damage to real or personal property, (iv) controlled substances or imitation controlled substances as defined in Article 1 (§ 18.2-247<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, (v) prohibited sexual behavior as described in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, or (vi) firearms or any felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any person willfully and intentionally making a false statement in the personal descriptive information required on the fingerprint card is guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINGERPRINTS REQUIRED; PENALTY (\u00a7 9.1-145)\n\nA. Each applicant for initial registration, licensure or certification as a\ncompliance agent, private security services training school or instructor or\nunarmed security officer under the provisions of this article and every person\nemployed as an electronic security employee or electronic security\ntechnician’s assistant shall submit his fingerprints to the Department on\na form provided by the Department. The Department shall use the\napplicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the\nconduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History\nRecords search.\n\nB. Each currently certified unarmed security officer applying for renewal\nbetween January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004, shall submit his fingerprints to\nthe Department on a form provided by the Department. The Department shall use\nthe applicant’s fingerprints and personal descriptive information for the\nconduct of a National Criminal Records search and a Virginia Criminal History\nRecords search.\n\nC. The Department may suspend the registration, license or certification of any\napplicant who is subsequently convicted of a misdemeanor involving (i) moral\nturpitude, (ii) assault and battery, (iii) damage to real or personal property,\n(iv) controlled substances or imitation controlled substances as defined in\nArticle 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, (v) prohibited\nsexual behavior as described in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4\nof Title 18.2, or (vi) firearms or any felony.\n\nD. Any person willfully and intentionally making a false statement in the\npersonal descriptive information required on the fingerprint card is guilty of a\nClass 5 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 737, \u00a7 54-729.32; 1988, c. 765, \u00a7 54.1-1906; 1992, c. 578,\n\u00a7 9-183.7; 1994, c. 810; 1995, c. 79; 1998, cc. 122, 807; 2001, c. 844; 2002,\ncc. 578, 597.","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}}