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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54408</law_id><section_number>9.1-130</section_number><catch_line>Procedures to be adopted by agencies maintaining criminal justice information systems</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-391</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Criminal Justice Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Criminal Justice Information System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">criminal justice agency</span> maintaining and operating a <span class="dictionary">criminal justice information system</span> shall adopt procedures reasonably designed to ensure:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The physical security of the system and the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of the information in the system; <a id="paragraph-199726" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-130/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The timeliness and accuracy of information in the system; <a id="paragraph-199727" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-130/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> That all criminal justice agencies to which criminal offender record information is disseminated or from which it is collected are currently and accurately informed of any correction, deletion, or revision of such information; <a id="paragraph-199728" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-130/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Prompt purging or <span class="dictionary">sealing</span> of criminal offender record information when required by state or federal <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, regulation, or <span class="dictionary">court order</span>; <a id="paragraph-199729" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-130/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Use or <span class="dictionary">dissemination</span> of criminal offender record information by <span class="dictionary">criminal justice agency</span> personnel only after it has been determined to be the most accurate and complete information available to the <span class="dictionary">criminal justice agency</span>. <a id="paragraph-199730" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-130/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 632, &#xA7; 9-191; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
