| Contact Person: |
Email: lt.cjifs@vsp.virginia.gov |
| Offenders Required to Register: |
Every person convicted on or after July 1, 1994, of an offense set forth in § 9.1-902 shall register and reregister as required by this chapter. Every person serving a sentence of confinement on or after July 1, 1994, for a conviction of an offense set forth in § 9.1-902 shall register and reregister as required by this chapter. Every person under community supervision as defined by § 53.1-1 or any similar form of supervision under the laws of the United States, any foreign country, or any political subdivision thereof, and any person convicted of any offense for which registration in a sex offender and crimes against minors registry is required under the laws of the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted on or after July 1, 1994, resulting from a conviction of an offense set forth in § 9.1-902 shall register and reregister as required by this chapter. |
| Information Collected: |
Fingerprints and a photograph of a type and kind specified by the State Police, DOB, SSN, complete physical address, place of employment and a description of the offense or offenses for which he was convicted. If the person is attending or employed at an institution of higher learning both inside and outside of Virginia they shall provide the name of the institution. They shall also provide updated information when they change their address, change place of employment or change to a different institution of higher learning. A person if applicable, shall provide the same information on convictions for any of the specified offenses or under a substantially similar law of the United States or any other state. |
| Administrating Agency: |
Virginia State Police. |
| Timeframe for Registration: |
Must register upon conviction, suspension of sentence; within three days of release, three days of establishing new residence, three days of changing address and within three days of establishing a first time residence. The offender that is moving outside of Virginia, must report to their local law enforcement agency where he physically resides and complete an SP-236 Registration form 10 days prior to the move. |
| Applies to Out of State Offenders: |
Yes |
| Duration of Requirement: |
Sexual offenders must register for 10 years from the date of initial registration or for a period of 10 years from the date of his last conviction for a violation of § 18.2-472.1, except that any person who has been convicted of (i) any sexually violent offense, (ii) murder or, (iii) former § 18.2-472.1 shall have a continuing duty to reregister for life. The sex offender can petition the Circuit Court not earlier than 10 years after the date of initial registration nor earlier than 10 years from the date of his last conviction for a violation of Section § 18.2-472.1. A person who is required to register may similiarly petition the circuit court for relief from the requirement to reregister every 180 days after five years from the date of his last conviction for a violation of § 18.2-472.1. If the petition is denied, the sex offender must wait 2 years to file new petition. Sexually violent offenders as defined by statute must register for life. |
| Verification of Address: |
An SP-236A Re-Registration form must be completed for verification of address for all sex offenders . The form shall state the registration requirements and contain in bold print a statement indicating that failure to comply with the registration requirements is punishable as provided in § 18.2-472.1. Sexually violent offenders must verify every 90 days and the Sexual Offenders must verify annually. Any person convicted of a violation of § 18.2-472.1, other than a person convicted of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall register with the State Police every 180 days from the date of such conviction. Any person convicted of a violation of § 18.2-472.1, in which such person was included on the Registry for a conviction of a sexually violent offense or murder, shall reregister with the State Police every 30 days from the date of conviction.
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| Penalties for Non-Compliance: |
Any sex offender who knowingly fails to register or reregister, or who knowingly provides materially false information to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry for failure to comply with the registration required is punishable as provided in § 18.2-472.1. |
| Access to Information: |
Section 9.1-914 authorizes the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE) of the Virginia Department of State Police to electronically or mail to notify an individual conducting *Child Day Care or Child-Minding Services, elementary, secondary, public, parochial and denominational schools, STATE REGULATED or LICENSED child care institution, child day center, child day program, foster home or group home of the registration of a sex offender residing within the same or contiguous zip code as the entitled organization or entity. Also, any person may request from the State Police and, upon compliance with the requirements therefore established by the State Police, shall be eligible to receive from the State Police electronic notice of the registration or reregistration of any sex offender, within three days of receipt. |
| Confidentiality Provision: |
Use of Registry information for purposes not authorized is prohibited, the unlawful use of the information contained in or derived from the Registry for purposes of intimidating or harassing another is prohibited, and a willful violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. |
| Number Registered: |
13,805 Sex Offenders on Virginia Sex Offender Registry as of 7/11/07 |
| Percent Compliance: |
Not known* |
| Internet Access: |
http://www.sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor/ |
