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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62462</law_id><section_number>9.1-901</section_number><catch_line>Persons for whom registration required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-324.2</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>32.1-127.1:03</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every person convicted on or after July 1, 1994, including a juvenile tried and convicted in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a>, whether sentenced as an adult or juvenile, of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> and every juvenile found delinquent of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> for which registration is required under subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> shall register, reregister, and verify his registration information as required by this chapter. Every person serving a sentence of confinement on or after July 1, 1994, for a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> shall register, reregister, and verify his registration information as required by this chapter. Every person under community supervision as defined by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/53.1-1/">53.1-1</a> or any similar form of supervision under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, on or after July 1, 1994, resulting from a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> shall register, reregister, and verify his registration information as required by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-227826" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-901/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every person found not guilty by reason of <span class="dictionary">insanity</span> on or after July 1, 2007, of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> shall register, reregister, and verify his registration information as required by this chapter. Every person in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, or on conditional release on or after July 1, 2007, because of a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of not guilty by reason of <span class="dictionary">insanity</span> of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Offenses requiring registration" href="/9.1-902/">9.1-902</a> shall register, reregister, and verify his registration information as required by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-227827" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-901/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Unless a specific effective date is otherwise provided, all provisions of the Sex Offender and <span class="dictionary">Crimes</span> Against <span class="dictionary">Minors</span> Registry Act shall apply retroactively. This subsection is declaratory of existing <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-227828" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-901/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 584; 2005, c. 586; 2007, cc. 718, 744; 2009, cc. 813, 840; 2020, c. 829.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
