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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 584<\/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 2020, chapter 829<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66829,"section_number":"16.1-269.1","catch_line":"Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65270,"identifier":"9.1-911","token":"9.1\/9\/9.1-911","url":"\/9.1-911\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-911\/","token":"9.1\/9\/9.1-911","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registry maintenance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-911","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Registry shall include conviction<\/span> data received from the courts<\/span>, including the disposition<\/span> records for juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-269.1<\/a>, on convictions<\/span> for offenses<\/span> for which registration is required and registrations, reregistrations, and verifications of registration information received from persons required to do so. The Registry shall also include a separate indication that a person has been convicted of a Tier III offense<\/span>. The State Police shall forthwith transmit the appropriate information as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the National Sex Offender Registry.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRY MAINTENANCE (\u00a7 9.1-911)\n\nThe Registry shall include conviction data received from the courts, including\nthe disposition records for juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts\npursuant to \u00a7 16.1-269.1, on convictions for offenses for which registration is\nrequired and registrations, reregistrations, and verifications of registration\ninformation received from persons required to do so. The Registry shall also\ninclude a separate indication that a person has been convicted of a Tier III\noffense. The State Police shall forthwith transmit the appropriate information\nas required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the National\nSex Offender Registry.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 584; 2020, c. 829.","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}}