                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION TO CERTAIN ENTITIES; ELECTRONIC
NOTIFICATION TO REQUESTING PERSONS (§ 9.1-914)

Any school or day-care service and child-minding service; state-regulated or
state-licensed child day center, child day program, or family day home as those
terms are defined in § 22.1-289.02; assisted living facility, children&#8217;s
residential facility, or foster home as those terms are defined in § 63.2-100;
nursing home or certified nursing facility as those terms are defined in §
32.1-123; association of a common interest community as defined in § 54.1-2345;
and institution of higher education may request from the State Police and, upon
compliance with the requirements therefor established by the State Police, shall
be eligible to receive from the State Police electronic notice of the
registration, reregistration, or verification of registration information of any
offender and if such entities do not have the capability of receiving such
electronic notice, the entity may register with the State Police to receive
written notification of offender registration, reregistration, or verification
of registration information. Within three business days of receipt by the State
Police of registration, reregistration, or verification of registration
information, the State Police shall electronically or in writing notify an
entity listed above that has requested such notification, has complied with the
requirements established by the State Police and is located in the same or a
contiguous zip code area as the address of the offender as shown on the
registration.
		The Virginia Council for Private Education shall annually provide the State
Police, in an electronic format approved by the State Police, with the location
of every private school in the Commonwealth that is accredited through one of
the approved accrediting agencies of the Council, and an electronic mail address
for each school if available, for purposes of receiving notice under this
section.
		Any person may request from the State Police and, upon compliance with the
requirements therefor established by the State Police, shall be eligible to
receive from the State Police electronic notice of the registration,
reregistration, or verification of registration information of any offender.
Within three business days of receipt by the State Police of registration,
reregistration, or verification of registration information, the State Police
shall electronically notify a person who has requested such notification, has
complied with the requirements established by the State Police and is located in
the same or a contiguous zip code area as the address of the offender as shown
on the registration.
		The State Police shall establish reasonable guidelines governing the automatic
dissemination of Registry information, which may include the payment of a fee,
whether a one-time fee or a regular assessment, to maintain the electronic
access. The fee, if any, shall defray the costs of establishing and maintaining
the electronic notification system and notice by mail.
		For the purposes of this section:
		&#8220;Child-minding service&#8221; means provision of temporary custodial
care or supervisory services for the minor child of another;
		&#8220;Day-care service&#8221; means provision of supplementary care and
protection during a part of the day for the minor child of another; and
		&#8220;School&#8221; means any public, religious or private educational
institution, including any preschool, elementary school, secondary school,
post-secondary school, trade or professional institution, or institution of
higher education.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 584; 2005, c. 928; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2007, cc. 119, 164;
2016, c. 424; 2020, cc. 829, 860, 861.