//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Virginia, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Virginia — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 53.2/100** · rank **17 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🔴 restrictive | Continuing duty for life absent court removal — Tier III, murder, and former § 18.2-67.2:1 register for life; Tier I/II may only petition off after 15/25 years — **lifetime** | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-908/|§ 9.1-908]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Real but long/discretionary — Tier I petition no earlier than 15 years, Tier II 25 years; Tier III, murder, and 2+ offenses excluded; court grants only if satisfied the person no longer poses a public-safety risk (24-mo refiling bar) — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-910/|§ 9.1-910]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — tiers I/II/III by offense; risk assessment only during supervision and civil commitment proceedings | § 9.1-902 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — Tier I and II reregister yearly (birth month; certain offenses twice a year); Tier III and murder reregister four times each year at three-month intervals (certain offenses every month) (§ 9.1-904) | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-904/|§ 9.1-904]] ✓ |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No fee charged to registrants — the only registry fee (up to $15, § 9.1-912) is for the PUBLIC/entities requesting registry information, not for registrants to register | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-912/|§ 9.1-912]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Limited statewide residency ban — certain adults convicted of specified violent sex offenses (offense after 7/1/2006, offender more than 3 years older than the victim) may not RESIDE within 500 feet of a school or child day center; does not apply to all registrants — **500 ft** | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter8/section18.2-370.3/|§ 18.2-370.3]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide employment distance/proximity restriction for registrants (§§ 9.1-913/914 govern registry dissemination, not employment) | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/virginia/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | SVP designees barred from school property/events on school property; a petition process for approval exists | § 18.2-370.5 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟢 favorable | Lenient — registration triggered only by an 'extended visit' (a period of visitation of 30 days or more); such visitors must then register in person within three days of entering the Commonwealth (§ 9.1-905) | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-905/|§ 9.1-905]] ✓ |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — must provide 'electronic mail address information, any instant message, chat or other Internet communication name or identity information' | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-903/|§ 9.1-903(B)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — SVP civil commitment statute exists | § 37.2-900 through 37.2-921 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All registrants published on the internet registry (§ 9.1-913); statute defines no category of registrant excluded from public posting — no lowest tier kept off | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-913/|§ 9.1-913]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday statute confirmed; not addressed in the registry chapter reviewed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — Virginia does not require a registrant's driver's license or state ID to be labeled | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/virginia/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Beyond the public website, opt-in electronic notice to the public and written/electronic notice to schools, day-cares and similar entities on request (§ 9.1-914); any fee falls on the requester, not the registrant | [[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter9/section9.1-914/|§ 9.1-914]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 18 — an adult (18+) having consensual sex with a 15-17 year old is a Class 1 misdemeanor (§ 18.2-371); carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 is a felony (§ 18.2-63); minors get a close-in-age reduction | [[https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/statutory-rape-prevention/virginia-law/|§ 18.2-63; § 18.2-371]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[virginia|Virginia]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//