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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62941</law_id><section_number>9.1-908</section_number><catch_line>Duration of registration requirement</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="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>Any person required to register, reregister, or verify his registration information shall be required to register until the duty to register, reregister, or verify his registration information is terminated by a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> as set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Removal of name and information from Registry" href="/9.1-910/">9.1-910</a>, except that any person who has been convicted of (i) any Tier III <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, (ii) <span class="dictionary">murder</span> or (iii) former &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/18.2-67.2_1/">18.2-67.2:1</a> shall have a continuing duty to reregister or verify his registration information for life.
		Any period of confinement in a federal, state, or local correctional facility, hospital, or any other institution or facility during the otherwise applicable period shall toll the registration or verification period and the duty to reregister or verify his registration information shall be extended. Persons confined in a federal, state, or local correctional facility shall not be required to reregister or verify his registration information until released from <span class="dictionary">custody</span>. Persons civilly committed pursuant to Chapter 9 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/37.2-900/">37.2-900</a> et seq.) of Title 37.2 shall not be required to reregister or verify his registration information until released from <span class="dictionary">custody</span>. Persons confined in a federal, state, or local correctional facility or civilly committed pursuant to Chapter 9 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/37.2-900/">37.2-900</a> et seq.) of Title 37.2 shall notify the Registry within three days following any change of name.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 584; 2005, c. 631; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2007, c. 718; 2008, c. 877; 2010, c. 858; 2014, c. 677; 2020, c. 829.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
