                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUBSTANTIAL RISK ORDER REGISTRY; MAINTENANCE; ACCESS (§ 19.2-387.3)

A. The Department of State Police shall keep and maintain a computerized
Substantial Risk Order Registry (the Registry) for the entry of orders issued
pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14. The Department of State Police
shall make the Registry information available, upon request, to criminal justice
agencies, including local law-enforcement agencies, through the Virginia
Criminal Information Network. The Department of State Police may make the
Registry information available upon request to institutions of higher education
and other research organizations or institutions in the Commonwealth. The
Department of State Police shall remove the names and other personal identifying
information from the data before it is released to the institution of higher
education or research organization or other institution. Registry information
provided under this section shall be used only for the purposes of the
administration of criminal justice as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101, except as
otherwise provided in this subsection.

B. No liability shall be imposed upon any law-enforcement official who
disseminates information or fails to disseminate information in good faith
compliance with the requirements of this section, but this provision shall not
be construed to grant immunity for gross negligence or willful misconduct.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 887, 888; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 461.