                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TAPE RECORDING CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS (§ 63.2-1516)

Any person who is suspected of abuse or neglect of a child and who is the
subject of an investigation or family assessment pursuant to this chapter may
tape record any communications between him and child-protective services
personnel that take place during the course of such investigation or family
assessment, provided all parties to the conversation are aware the conversation
is to be recorded. The parties&#8217; knowledge of the recording shall be
demonstrated by a declaration at the beginning of the recorded portion of the
conversation that the recording is to be made. If a person who is suspected of
abuse or neglect of a child and who is the subject of an investigation or family
assessment pursuant to this chapter elects to make a tape recording as provided
in this section, the child-protective services personnel may also make such a
recording.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 867, § 63.1-248.6:2; 2000, c. 500; 2002, c. 747.