                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERIODIC VERIFICATION (§ 9.1-904)

A. For purposes of this chapter, &#8220;verify his registration
information&#8221; means that the person required to register has notified the
State Police; confirmed his current physical and mailing address and electronic
mail address information and any instant message, chat, or other Internet
communication name or identity information that he uses or intends to use; and
provided such other information, including identifying information, that the
State Police may require.

B. Any person required to register shall verify his registration information
with the State Police, during such person&#8217;s required verification month
and time interval, commencing with the date of initial registration, as follows:

   1. a.  Any person convicted of a Tier I or Tier II offense, yearly intervals
   to include the person&#8217;s birth month; and
   				b. Any person convicted of a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-472.1, in which such
   person was included on the Registry for a Tier I or Tier II offense, twice a
   year.

   2. a.  Any person convicted of a Tier III offense or murder, four times each
   year at three-month intervals, including the person&#8217;s birth month; and
   				b. Any person convicted of a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-472.1, in which such
   person was included on the Registry for a conviction of a Tier III offense or
   murder, every month.

C. The State Police shall make available to the person an address verification
form to be used for verification of his registration information. The form shall
contain in bold print a statement indicating that failure to comply with the
verification required is punishable as provided in &#xA7; 18.2-472.1. Copies of
all forms to be used for verification and guidelines for submitting such forms,
including month and time verification intervals, shall be available through
distribution by the State Police, from local law-enforcement agencies, and in a
format capable of being downloaded and printed from a website maintained by the
State Police. In addition, State Police may provide any person required to
verify his registration information with the option to do so using other
electronic means specified in State Police regulations promulgated pursuant to
&#xA7; 9.1-915.

D. Persons required to register with last names beginning with A through L shall
verify their registration information with the State Police from the first to
the fifteenth of such person&#8217;s verification months pursuant to subsection
B, and persons required to register with last names beginning with M through Z
shall verify their registration information with the State Police from the
sixteenth to the last day of the month during such person&#8217;s verification
months pursuant to subsection B. The last name shall be the last name in the
person&#8217;s name pursuant to &#xA7; 9.1-903 as it appears in the Registry.

E. For the period of July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021, any person required to
verify his registration information shall continue to verify his resignation
information with the State Police on such person&#8217;s verification schedule
in place prior to July 1, 2020, until such person has verified his registration
information pursuant to the new verification schedule provided in subsection B,
at which time such person shall continue to verify his registration information
pursuant to the new verification schedule.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 584; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2007, cc. 759, 823; 2019, cc. 613,
614; 2020, c. 829; 2025, c. 433.