Source: https://vacode.org/46.2-380/
Timestamp: 2019-05-27 11:02:00
Document Index: 469113783

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 54', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46', '§ 46']

Reports made under certain sections open to inspection by certain persons; copies; maintenance of reports and photographs for three-year period (§ 46.2-380)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
← Previous46.2-379 Use of crash reports made by investigating officers
Next →46.2-381 Accident reports required by county or municipal ordinance; copies
§ 46.2-380 Reports made under certain sections open to . . .
§ 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 an accident 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 accident and shall be open to the inspection of any person involved or injured in the accident or as a result thereof, or his attorney or any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the accident or to which the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance. The Commissioner shall on written request of the person or attorney or any authorized representative of any insurance carrier reasonably anticipating exposure to civil liability as a consequence of the accident or to which the person has applied for issuance or renewal of a policy of automobile insurance, furnish a copy of the report, in either hard copy or electronic form, at the expense of the person, attorney, or representative. Any such report shall also be open to inspection by the personal representative of any person injured or killed in the accident, 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.
Code 1950, § 46-410; 1956, c. 648; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-410; 1975, c. 21; 1976, c. 40; 1978, c. 829; 1986, c. 639; 1989, cc. 302, 727; 1997, c. 801; 1998, c. 522; 2013, cc. 80, 104; 2015, c. 171.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 46.2-380 on the official Code of Virginia website.
§ 46.2-372 Driver to report certain accidents in writing; certification of financial responsibility to Department; supplemental reports; reports by witnesses