Bill Text: VA SB534 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Criminal history record information; unauthorized dissemination, civil actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice [SB534 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-SB534-Comm_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §8.01-40.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §8.01-40.3. Unauthorized dissemination, etc., of criminal history record information; civil action. A. Any person or entity who is regularly engaged in the business of disseminating or publishing, for a fee, criminal history record information and who knowingly disseminates or publishes such information relating to information that has been expunged or who disseminates or publishes such information 60 days or more after having received notice of the issuance of a court order to expunge such information shall be liable to the subject of the criminal history record information for actual damages. No person shall be liable under this subsection if the dissemination or publication of such information was not prohibited at the time of the dissemination or publication or if the dissemination is otherwise required by law. B. Any person who disseminates, publishes, or maintains
or causes to be disseminated, published, or maintained the criminal history
record information
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