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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85757</law_id><section_number>24.2-405</section_number><catch_line>Lists of registered voters</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-105.2</reference><reference>24.2-114</reference><reference>24.2-404.4</reference><reference>24.2-407</reference><reference>24.2-407.1</reference><reference>24.2-418</reference><reference>24.2-948.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Voter Registration</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Virginia Voter Registration System</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> shall provide, at a reasonable price, lists of <span class="dictionary">registered voters</span> for their districts to (i) <span class="dictionary">candidates</span> for <span class="dictionary">election</span> or <span class="dictionary">political party</span> nomination to further their candidacy, (ii) <span class="dictionary">political party</span> committees or officials thereof for political purposes only, (iii) political action committees that have filed a current statement of organization with the <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of organization for a political action committee" href="/24.2-949.2/">24.2-949.2</a>, or with the Federal Elections Commission pursuant to federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, for political purposes only, (iv) incumbent officeholders to report to their constituents, (v) nonprofit organizations that promote voter participation and registration for that purpose only, and (vi) commissioners of the revenue, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Interpretation of &quot;commissioner.&quot;" href="/58.1-3100/">58.1-3100</a>, and treasurers, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Interpretation of &quot;treasurer.&quot;" href="/58.1-3123/">58.1-3123</a>, for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes. The Department shall provide, at no charge, the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth and the United States with the lists for their districts for <span class="dictionary">jury</span> selection purposes no more than two times in a 12-month period and shall provide, at a reasonable price, such lists any other time in that same 12-month period. The lists shall be furnished to no one else and used for no other purpose. However, the <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> is authorized to furnish information from the <span class="dictionary">voter registration system</span> to <span class="dictionary">general registrars</span> for their official use and to the Department of Motor Vehicles and other appropriate state agencies for maintenance of the <span class="dictionary">voter registration system</span>, and to the Chief <span class="dictionary">Election</span> Officers of other states for maintenance of <span class="dictionary">voter registration systems</span>. <a id="paragraph-307116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-405/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> shall furnish, at a reasonable price, lists of the addresses of <span class="dictionary">registered voters</span> for their localities to local government census liaisons and their staffs for the sole purpose of providing address information to the United States Bureau of the Census. The <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> shall also furnish, at a reasonable price, such lists to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the sole purpose of maintaining a database of constituent addresses for the General Assembly. The information authorized under this subsection shall be furnished to no other person and used for no other purpose. No list furnished under this subsection shall contain the name of any <span class="dictionary">registered voter</span>. For the purpose of this subsection, the term &#x201C;census liaison&#x201D; shall have the meaning provided in 13 U.S.C. &#xA7; 16. <a id="paragraph-307117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-405/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In no event shall any list furnished under this section contain the social security number, or any part thereof, of any <span class="dictionary">registered voter</span> except a list furnished to a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the Commonwealth or of the United States for <span class="dictionary">jury</span> selection purposes, a commissioner of the revenue or a treasurer for tax assessment, collection, and enforcement purposes, or to the Chief <span class="dictionary">Election</span> Officer of another state permitted to use social security numbers, or any parts thereof, that provides for the use of such numbers on applications for voter registration in accordance with federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, for maintenance of <span class="dictionary">voter registration systems</span>. <a id="paragraph-307118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-405/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any list furnished under subsection A shall contain the post office box address in lieu of the <span class="dictionary">residence</span> street address for any individual who has furnished at the time of registration or subsequently, in addition to his street address, a post office box address pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for registration" href="/24.2-418/">24.2-418</a>. <a id="paragraph-307119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-405/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> No recipient of a list furnished under this section shall publish on the Internet any of the information contained in such list as a list, database, or other similar searchable format or provide information contained in a list furnished under this section to a third party for such purpose. <a id="paragraph-307120" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-405/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-23; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1972, c. 620; 1973, c. 30; 1974, cc. 369, 428; 1975, c. 515; 1976, c. 616; 1978, c. 778; 1983, c. 348; 1993, cc. 144, 641; 1994, cc. 250, 656; 1995, c. 314; 1996, c. 251; 1999, c. 843; 2000, cc. 512, 556; 2001, cc. 612, 626; 2003, c. 1015; 2004, cc. 184, 410; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2007, c. 318; 2009, c. 318; 2010, c. 452; 2015, c. 712; 2020, cc. 290, 369; 2022, c. 445.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
