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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 19. Public Safety
Agency 30. Department of State Police
Chapter 170. Regulations Governing the Operation and Maintenance of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
11/21/2024

19VAC30-170-15. Registration, reregistration, change of information, forms and procedures.

A. Submission of registration, reregistration, and change of information materials mandated by Chapter 9 (§ 9.1-900 et seq.) of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia shall be as follows:

1. Initial registrations. Completed form SP-236, one clear 10-print fingerprint card, one clear palm print card, and one photograph.

2. Reregistration. Completed form SP-236A and clear thumb prints (both thumbs) on bottom of form. If the person does not have a thumb or thumbs, the index finger on the same hand will be used and noted on the form.

3. Change of address in registry information. Completed form SP-236 and one clear 10-print fingerprint card.

B. Photographs required to be submitted must be in color, be taken or submitted with the registrant facing the camera and clearly showing only the registrant's face and shoulders. No other person may appear in the photograph submitted. The photograph must indicate on the back the registrant's full name, date of birth and the date of the photograph.

C. Completed forms, photographs, palm print cards, and fingerprint cards shall be provided to the Department of State Police, Central Criminal Records Exchange, Attn: Sex Offender Registry, P.O. Box 27472, Richmond, Virginia 23261-7472. Forms may be obtained at any office of the Department of State Police, sheriff's office, county or local police department or by writing to the address listed above.

Statutory Authority

§ 9.1-915 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 23, eff. July 3, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 2, eff. October 1, 2007.

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