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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72957</law_id><section_number>9.1-918</section_number><catch_line>Misuse of registry or supplement information; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>9.1-906.1</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>Use of registry information or information from the Supplement to the Registry established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry established" href="/9.1-923/">9.1-923</a> for purposes not authorized by this chapter is prohibited, the unlawful use of the information contained in or derived from the Registry or Supplement for purposes of intimidating or harassing another is prohibited, and a willful violation of this chapter is a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. For purposes of this section, absent other aggravating circumstances, the mere republication or reasonable distribution of <span class="dictionary">material</span> contained on or derived from the publicly available Internet offender database shall not be deemed intimidation or harassment.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 584; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2015, cc. 594, 603; 2020, c. 829.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
