                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMPLOYER IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY; DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION REGARDING FORMER
DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (§ 15.2-1709)

Any sheriff or chief of police, any director or chief executive of any agency or
department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers as defined in
§ 9.1-101 or jail officers as defined in § 53.1-1, and the Director of the
Department of Criminal Justice Services or his designee who discloses
information about a former deputy sheriff&#8217;s or law-enforcement
officer&#8217;s or jail officer&#8217;s job performance or information requested
pursuant to subsection B of § 15.2-1705 to a prospective law-enforcement or
jail employer of the former appointee or employee is immune from civil liability
for such disclosure or its consequences unless the information disclosed by the
former employer was knowingly false or deliberately misleading, was rendered
with malicious purpose, or violated any civil right of the former employee or
appointee.

HISTORY: 1994, cc. 850, 905, § 15.1-131.8:4; 1995, c. 112; 1997, c. 587; 2020,
Sp. Sess. I, cc. 32, 37.