                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC BODIES AND RECORDS TO WHICH CHAPTER INAPPLICABLE; VOTER REGISTRATION AND
ELECTION RECORDS; ACCESS BY PERSONS INCARCERATED IN A STATE, LOCAL, OR FEDERAL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (§ 2.2-3703)

A. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

   1. Petit juries and grand juries;

   2. Family assessment and planning teams established pursuant to &#xA7;
   2.2-5207;

   3. Sexual assault response teams established pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-1627.4
   and human trafficking response teams established pursuant to &#xA7;
   15.2-1627.6, except that records relating to (i) protocols and policies of the
   sexual assault or human trafficking response team and (ii) guidelines for the
   community&#8217;s response established by the sexual assault or human
   trafficking response team shall be public records and subject to the
   provisions of this chapter;

   4. Multidisciplinary child sexual abuse response teams established pursuant to
   &#xA7; 15.2-1627.5;

   5. The Virginia State Crime Commission; and

   6. The records maintained by the clerks of the courts of record, as defined in
   &#xA7; 1-212, for which clerks are custodians under &#xA7; 17.1-242, and
   courts not of record, as defined in &#xA7; 16.1-69.5, for which clerks are
   custodians under &#xA7; 16.1-69.54, including those transferred for storage,
   maintenance, or archiving. Such records shall be requested in accordance with
   the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 16.1-69.54:1 and 17.1-208, as appropriate.
   However, other records maintained by the clerks of such courts shall be public
   records and subject to the provisions of this chapter.

B. Public access to voter registration and election records shall be governed by
the provisions of Title 24.2 and this chapter. The provisions of Title 24.2
shall be controlling in the event of any conflict.

C. No provision of this chapter or Chapter 21 (&#xA7; 30-178 et seq.) of Title
30 shall be construed to afford any rights to any person (i) incarcerated in a
state, local, or federal correctional facility, whether or not such facility is
(a) located in the Commonwealth or (b) operated pursuant to the Corrections
Private Services Act (&#xA7; 53.1-261 et seq.) or (ii) civilly committed
pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators Act (&#xA7; 37.2-900 et seq.).
However, this subsection shall not be construed to prevent such persons from
exercising their constitutionally protected rights, including, but not limited
to, their right to call for evidence in their favor in a criminal prosecution.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 703, 726, § 2.1-341.2; 2001, c. 844; 2003, cc. 989, 1018;
2004, cc. 398, 690; 2007, cc. 438, 548, 626; 2017, c. 620; 2018, cc. 127, 584;
2019, c. 729; 2022, cc. 25, 26; 2023, cc. 805, 806; 2024, c. 366; 2025, c. 337.