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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 19 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285395,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81606,"identifier":"9.1-503","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-503","url":"\/9.1-503\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-503\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Personal assets of officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> shall be required or requested to disclose any item of his property, income, assets<\/span>, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of any member of his family or household, unless (i) such information is necessary in investigating a possible conflict of interest<\/span> with respect to the performance of his official duties(ii) such disclosure is required by law<\/span>, or (iii) such information is related to an investigation. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency<\/span> from requiring the law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> to disclose any place of off-duty employment and where he may be contacted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONAL ASSETS OF OFFICERS (\u00a7 9.1-503)\n\nNo law-enforcement officer shall be required or requested to disclose any item\nof his property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or\ndomestic expenditures, including those of any member of his family or household,\nunless (i) such information is necessary in investigating a possible conflict of\ninterest with respect to the performance of his official duties(ii) such\ndisclosure is required by law, or (iii) such information is related to an\ninvestigation. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency from requiring\nthe law-enforcement officer to disclose any place of off-duty employment and\nwhere he may be contacted.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 19, \u00a7 2.1-116.3; 2001, c. 844.","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}}