                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CRIME
INFORMATION-GATHERING ORGANIZATIONS (§ 8.01-226.3)

Any officer, director or member of a nonprofit organization which, pursuant to a
written agreement with a local government or a law-enforcement agency, regularly
assists law-enforcement agencies by (i) publicly soliciting information from
anonymous informants concerning criminal activity; (ii) gathering such
information from informants; (iii) offering and paying rewards to informants for
such information; and (iv) communicating such information to law-enforcement
agencies, shall not be liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions on his
part directly relating to his activities on behalf of such organization but only
in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 769.