                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS (§ 59.1-536)

In the event that the Attorney General, any attorney for the Commonwealth, or
the attorney for any county, city, or town investigates a complaint for a
violation of § 59.1-535 and determines that the person has not violated the
section, and if the person requests, the Attorney General, any attorney for the
Commonwealth, or the attorney for any county, city, or town shall promptly issue
a signed statement indicating that a violation of § 59.1-535 has not been
found. Subject to the disclosures allowed by this section, it shall be the duty
of the Attorney General, the attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for
any county, city, or town, or their designees, that investigates any complaint
for violation of § 59.1-535 to maintain the confidentiality of all evidence,
testimony, documents, or other results of such investigations, including the
names of the complainant, and the person that is the subject of the
investigation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the
presentation and disclosure of any such investigative evidence in an action or
proceeding brought under this chapter.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 861.