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Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, VRS may release to necessary parties such information, documents, and reports for purposes of administering appeals under this chapter.B\n\nNotwithstanding subsection A, the Department of State Police and the Department of Accounts shall, upon request, share with the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Human Resource Management any information, evidence, documents, and reports of investigation related to existing and past claims for benefits provided under this Chapter. Such information, evidence, documents, and reports of investigation shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":274496,"text":"Evidence and documents obtained by or created by, and the report of investigation prepared by, the Department of State Police, the Virginia Retirement System, or the Department of Human Resource Management in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall (i) be deemed confidential, (ii) be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), and (iii) not be released in whole or in part by any person to any person except as provided in this chapter. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 568<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 439<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76468,"identifier":"9.1-408","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-408","url":"\/9.1-408\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-408\/","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Records of investigation confidential","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Evidence<\/span> and documents obtained by or created by, and the report of investigation prepared by, the Department of State Police, the Virginia Retirement System, or the Department of Human Resource Management in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall (i) be deemed confidential, (ii) be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.), and (iii) not be released in whole or in part by any person to any person except as provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, VRS may release to necessary parties such information, documents, and reports for purposes of administering appeals<\/span> under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding subsection A, the Department of State Police and the Department of Accounts shall, upon request, share with the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Human Resource Management any information, evidence<\/span>, documents, and reports of investigation related to existing and past claims for benefits provided under this Chapter. Such information, evidence<\/span>, documents, and reports of investigation shall be exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDS OF INVESTIGATION CONFIDENTIAL (\u00a7 9.1-408)\n\nA. Evidence and documents obtained by or created by, and the report of\ninvestigation prepared by, the Department of State Police, the Virginia\nRetirement System, or the Department of Human Resource Management in carrying\nout the provisions of this chapter shall (i) be deemed confidential, (ii) be\nexempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et\nseq.), and (iii) not be released in whole or in part by any person to any person\nexcept as provided in this chapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this\nsection, VRS may release to necessary parties such information, documents, and\nreports for purposes of administering appeals under this chapter.\n\nB. Notwithstanding subsection A, the Department of State Police and the\nDepartment of Accounts shall, upon request, share with the Virginia Retirement\nSystem and the Department of Human Resource Management any information,\nevidence, documents, and reports of investigation related to existing and past\nclaims for benefits provided under this Chapter. Such information, evidence,\ndocuments, and reports of investigation shall be exempt from disclosure under\nthe Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 568; 2017, c. 439.","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}}