{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/46.2-229.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/46.2-229.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/46.2-229.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/46.2-229.html"}],"law_id":365454,"edition_id":2,"section_id":365454,"structure_id":52138,"section_number":"46.2-229","catch_line":"Verification system","history":"2017, c. 697.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department or its agent may create and operate a verification system.\n\nB\n\nThe Department may enter into agreements with other government agencies or jurisdictions issuing electronic credentials to allow for the verification of those credentials through the verification system and may also enter into agreements with other government agencies or jurisdictions or their agents operating a similar verification system for the purpose of verifying Virginia electronic credentials used in other states.\n\nC\n\nThe Department or its agent may enter into an agreement with a person to access and search the verification system. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 697<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1452621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365454,"identifier":"46.2-229","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-229","url":"\/46.2-229\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-229\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-229","dublin_core":{"Title":"Verification system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-229","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> or its agent<\/span> may create and operate a verification system<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may enter into agreements with other government agencies or jurisdictions<\/span> issuing electronic credentials<\/span> to allow for the verification of those credentials through the verification system<\/span> and may also enter into agreements with other government agencies or jurisdictions<\/span> or their agents<\/span> operating a similar verification system<\/span> for the purpose of verifying Virginia electronic credentials<\/span> used in other states. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> or its agent<\/span> may enter into an agreement with a person to access and search the verification system<\/span>. Any such agreement shall require, at a minimum, that the person to whom the Department<\/span> is granting access agree to search the system only in compliance with the requirements of this section and to take appropriate measures to protect the credential holder’s privacy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> A person who has entered into an agreement with the Department<\/span> to access and search the verification system<\/span>, and who has been presented with an electronic credential<\/span> or profile<\/span>, may search the verification system<\/span> to verify the validity and accuracy of the electronic credential<\/span> or profile<\/span> that has been presented if the electronic credential<\/span> holder consents to the search. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Following a search of the verification system<\/span> made by a person with whom it has entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection C, the Department<\/span> may release through the verification system<\/span> a verification of those data fields<\/span> that the electronic credential<\/span> holder has consented to be verified. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVERIFICATION SYSTEM (\u00a7 46.2-229)\n\nA. The Department or its agent may create and operate a verification system.\n\nB. The Department may enter into agreements with other government agencies or\njurisdictions issuing electronic credentials to allow for the verification of\nthose credentials through the verification system and may also enter into\nagreements with other government agencies or jurisdictions or their agents\noperating a similar verification system for the purpose of verifying Virginia\nelectronic credentials used in other states.\n\nC. The Department or its agent may enter into an agreement with a person to\naccess and search the verification system. Any such agreement shall require, at\na minimum, that the person to whom the Department is granting access agree to\nsearch the system only in compliance with the requirements of this section and\nto take appropriate measures to protect the credential holder’s privacy.\n\nD. A person who has entered into an agreement with the Department to access and\nsearch the verification system, and who has been presented with an electronic\ncredential or profile, may search the verification system to verify the validity\nand accuracy of the electronic credential or profile that has been presented if\nthe electronic credential holder consents to the search.\n\nE. Following a search of the verification system made by a person with whom it\nhas entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection C, the Department may\nrelease through the verification system a verification of those data fields that\nthe electronic credential holder has consented to be verified.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 697.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}