                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MISUSE OF REGISTRY OR SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION; PENALTY (§ 9.1-918)

Use of registry information or information from the Supplement to the Registry
established pursuant to § 9.1-923 for purposes not authorized by this chapter
is prohibited, the unlawful use of the information contained in or derived from
the Registry or Supplement for purposes of intimidating or harassing another is
prohibited, and a willful violation of this chapter is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
For purposes of this section, absent other aggravating circumstances, the mere
republication or reasonable distribution of material contained on or derived
from the publicly available Internet offender database shall not be deemed
intimidation or harassment.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 584; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2015, cc. 594, 603; 2020, c. 829.