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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81173</law_id><section_number>19.2-11.2</section_number><catch_line>Crime victim&amp;#8217;s right to nondisclosure of certain information; exceptions; testimonial privilege</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-11.01</reference><reference>19.2-267</reference><reference>2.2-3706</reference><reference>52-34.16</reference><reference>54.1-2970.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon request of any <span class="dictionary">witness</span> in a criminal <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Prohibited criminal street gang participation; penalty" href="/18.2-46.2/">18.2-46.2</a>, <a class="law" title="Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty" href="/18.2-46.3/">18.2-46.3</a>, or <a class="law" title="Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties" href="/18.2-248/">18.2-248</a> or of any violent <span class="dictionary">felony</span> as defined by subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints" href="/17.1-805/">17.1-805</a>, or any <span class="dictionary">crime</span> victim, neither a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency, the attorney for the Commonwealth, the <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> for a <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> nor the Department of Corrections, nor any employee of any of them, may disclose, except among themselves, the residential address, any telephone number, email address, or place of employment of the <span class="dictionary">witness</span> or victim or a member of the <span class="dictionary">witness</span>&#x2019; or victim&#x2019;s family, except to the extent that disclosure is (i) of the site of the <span class="dictionary">crime</span>, (ii) required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, (iii) necessary for <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement purposes or preparation for <span class="dictionary">court</span> proceedings, or (iv) permitted by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> for good cause.
		Except with the written consent of the victim of any <span class="dictionary">crime</span> involving any sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span>, sexual abuse, or family abuse or the victim&#x2019;s next of kin if the victim is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> and the victim&#x2019;s death results from any <span class="dictionary">crime</span>, a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency may not disclose to the public information that directly or indirectly identifies the victim of such <span class="dictionary">crime</span> except to the extent that disclosure is (a) of the site of the <span class="dictionary">crime</span>, (b) required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, (c) necessary for <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement purposes, or (d) permitted by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> for good cause. In addition, at the request of the victim to the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> of Virginia or the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, on or after July 1, 2007, the case of a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> involving any sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> or sexual abuse, no <span class="dictionary">appellate</span> decision shall contain the first or last name of the victim.
		Nothing herein shall limit the right to examine witnesses in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of <span class="dictionary">law</span> or otherwise affect the conduct of any criminal proceeding.</p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 845, 931; 2002, cc. 810, 818; 2005, cc. 764, 813; 2007, c. 503; 2014, c. 744; 2017, c. 500; 2018, cc. 47, 83.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
