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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69731</law_id><section_number>9.1-900</section_number><catch_line>Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2283.1</reference><reference>16.1-249.1</reference><reference>16.1-272</reference><reference>16.1-278.7:01</reference><reference>16.1-278.7:02</reference><reference>18.2-472.1</reference><reference>19.2-13</reference><reference>19.2-390.1</reference><reference>2.2-3706</reference><reference>2.2-3802</reference><reference>2.2-515.2</reference><reference>22.1-79</reference><reference>23.1-407</reference><reference>32.1-127</reference><reference>32.1-138</reference><reference>37.2-921</reference><reference>4.1-212.2</reference><reference>46.2-116</reference><reference>46.2-117</reference><reference>46.2-118</reference><reference>46.2-2011.33</reference><reference>46.2-2099.49</reference><reference>46.2-323</reference><reference>46.2-324</reference><reference>46.2-330</reference><reference>46.2-339</reference><reference>46.2-341.10</reference><reference>46.2-341.18:3</reference><reference>46.2-341.9</reference><reference>46.2-345</reference><reference>46.2-725</reference><reference>46.2-726</reference><reference>53.1-116.1</reference><reference>53.1-116.1:01</reference><reference>53.1-160.1</reference><reference>53.1-23.2</reference><reference>63.2-1732</reference><reference>63.2-1808</reference><reference>8.01-195.11</reference><reference>8.01-217</reference><reference>9.1-102</reference><reference>9.1-921</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="9">Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The purpose of the Sex Offender and <span class="dictionary">Crimes</span> Against <span class="dictionary">Minors</span> Registry (Registry) shall be to assist the efforts of <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies and others to protect their communities and families from repeat offenders and to protect children from becoming victims of criminal offenders by helping to prevent such individuals from being allowed to work directly with children.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 584; 2020, c. 829.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
