                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CUSTODY OF REPORTS; INSPECTION AND COPYING; EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION
(§ 24.2-946.2)

A. All campaign finance reports required to be filed under this chapter shall be
open to inspection by any person during the business hours of the office in
which they are filed. Copies shall be produced for any person requesting them
who shall pay the reasonable cost of the copies. Copies of such reports
certified by the principal administrative officer in whose office they are kept
shall be evidence in all courts to the same extent as the original report would
be if produced and proved.
			Upon request from an individual granted protected voter status under the
provisions of subsection B of &#xA7; 24.2-418, the State Board shall replace the
individual&#8217;s residence address in copies of campaign finance reports
available to the public with the individual&#8217;s alternative mailing address
found in the Virginia voter registration system.
			Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant public access to
information not required to be entered into the campaign finance database under
this chapter that candidates or committees may include in campaign finance
report-creation software managed by or for the State Board.

B. The following applies to campaign finance reports filed by candidate campaign
committees:

   1. Every officer or general registrar, with whom reports are required to be
   filed by this chapter, shall file and preserve such reports and keep them as
   part of the office&#8217;s records for at least one year after the final
   report is filed, or through the next general election for the office to which
   they pertain, whichever is later; or in the case of a candidate who has not
   filed a final report and seeks election to the same office in a successive
   election, through the next general election for the office to which they
   pertain.

   2. The State Board shall file and preserve as part of its records the reports
   required to be filed with it by this chapter for at least one year after the
   final report is filed, or through the next general election for the office to
   which they pertain, whichever is later; or in the case of a candidate who has
   not filed a final report and seeks election to the same office in a successive
   election, through the next general election for the office to which they
   pertain. Thereafter, the State Board shall forward the reports it preserves to
   The Library of Virginia for preservation under the Virginia Public Records Act
   (&#xA7; 42.1-76 et seq.).

C. The following applies to campaign finance reports filed by political
committees:

   1. Every officer or general registrar, with whom reports are required to be
   filed by this chapter, shall file and preserve such reports as part of the
   office&#8217;s records for at least four years after the reporting deadline or
   one year after the final report is filed.

   2. The State Board shall file and preserve as part of its records the reports
   required to be filed with it by this chapter for at least four years after the
   reporting deadline or one year after the final report is filed. Thereafter,
   the State Board shall forward the reports it preserves to The Library of
   Virginia for preservation under the Virginia Public Records Act (&#xA7;
   42.1-76 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-261; 1980, c. 639; 1982, c. 650; 1983, c. 119;
1993, cc. 396, 641, § 24.2-926; 1994, c. 64; 1996, c. 6; 2004, c. 457; 2006,
cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 297; 2012, c. 527; 2015, cc. 644, 645.