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2023 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-380 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-380. Reports made under certain sections open to inspection by certain persons; copies; maintenance of reports and photographs for three-year period.
A. Any report of a crash made pursuant to § 46.2-372,
46.2-373, 46.2-375, or 46.2-377 shall be maintained by the Department in either
hard copy or electronic form for a period of at least 36 months from the date
of the crash. The report shall be open to the inspection of (i) any person
involved or injured in the crash or as a result thereof, or his attorney, or
any person owning who, at the time of the crash, owned a vehicle
or property involved in the crash, or his attorney, (ii) any authorized
representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil
liability as a consequence of the crash or to which the person has applied for
issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, or (iii) the FMCSA or
any authorized agent thereof. The Commissioner shall, upon written request of
the person authorized to inspect the report, furnish a copy of the report, in
either hard copy or electronic form, at the expense of the requester. Any such
report shall also be open to inspection by the personal representative of any
person injured or killed in the crash, including his guardian, conservator,
executor, committee, next of kin as defined in § 54.1-2800, or administrator,
or, if the person injured or killed is under 18 years of age, his parent or
guardian. The Commissioner shall only be required to furnish under this section
copies of reports required by the provisions of this article to be made
directly to the Commissioner. The Commissioner may set a reasonable fee for
furnishing a copy of any report, provide to whom payment shall be made, and
establish a procedure for payment.
B. The Commissioner or Superintendent of State Police having a copy of any photograph taken by a law-enforcement officer relating to a nonfatal crash shall maintain the negatives for or an electronic record of such photographs in their records for at least 36 months from the date of the crash.