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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72320</law_id><section_number>23.1-817</section_number><catch_line>Inspection of criminal incident information</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Health and Campus Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Campus Safety; Campus Police Departments</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Criminal incident information of any campus police department established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Authorization for campus police departments in private institutions of higher education" href="/23.1-810/">23.1-810</a>, including (i) the date, time, and general location of the alleged <span class="dictionary">crime</span>; (ii) a general description of injuries suffered or property damaged or stolen; and (iii) the name and address of any individual arrested as a result of felonies committed against persons or property or <span class="dictionary">misdemeanors</span> involving <span class="dictionary">assault</span>, <span class="dictionary">battery</span>, or <span class="dictionary">moral turpitude</span> reported to the campus police, shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizen of the Commonwealth, currently registered student of the institution, or parent of a registered student during the regular office hours of the custodian of such information unless such disclosure is prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. If the release of such information is likely to jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an individual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the destruction of <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, such information may be withheld until such damage is no longer likely to occur from the release of such information.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 457, &#xA7; 23-232.2; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
