52-8.3 - Disclosure of criminal investigative records and reports; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 52-8.3. Disclosure of criminal investigative records and reports; penalty.

Any person employed by a law-enforcement agency or other governmental agencywithin the Commonwealth who has or has had access in an official capacity toan official written record or report submitted in confidence to theDepartment of State Police relating to an ongoing criminal investigation, andwho uses or knowingly permits another to use such record or report for anypurpose not consistent with the record exclusions permitted in the VirginiaFreedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.), or other provision of statelaw, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to impede or prohibitfull access to information concerning the existence of any criminalinvestigation or to other verbal disclosures permitted by state policeoperating procedures.

(1981, c. 238; 1999, cc. 703, 726; 2004, c. 690.)