§ 9.1-900 Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry
§ 9.1-901 Persons for whom registration required
§ 9.1-902 Offenses requiring registration
§ 9.1-903 Registration and reregistration procedures
§ 9.1-904 Periodic verification
§ 9.1-905 New residents and nonresident offenders; registration required
§ 9.1-906 Enrollment or employment at institution of higher education; information required
§ 9.1-906.1 Emergency shelters; notification; registration
§ 9.1-907 Procedures upon a failure to register, reregister, or verify registration information
§ 9.1-908 Duration of registration requirement
§ 9.1-909 Relief from registration, reregistration, or verification
§ 9.1-910 Removal of name and information from Registry
§ 9.1-911 Registry maintenance
§ 9.1-912 Registry access and dissemination; fees
§ 9.1-913 Public dissemination by means of the Internet
§ 9.1-914 Automatic notification of registration to certain entities; electronic notification to requesting persons
§ 9.1-915 Regulations
§ 9.1-916 Requests for Registry data by Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; confidentiality
§ 9.1-917 Limitation on liability
§ 9.1-918 Misuse of registry or supplement information; penalty
§ 9.1-919 Notice of penalty on forms and documents
§ 9.1-920 Liberal construction
§ 9.1-921 Exemption of information systems from provisions related to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency
§ 9.1-922 Use of Registry data by Statewide Automated Victim Notification (SAVIN) system; confidentiality
§ 9.1-923 Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry established

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  • Act: means the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, Title V (§ 1501 et seq. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. Source: FDIC
  • Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
  • Chief: means the Chief of the Division of Mines of the Department of Energy. See Virginia Code 45.2-100
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Coal refuse: means waste material resulting from the mining and screening or processing of coal. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Coal slurry: means waste water and impurities produced as the result of coal washing and preparation of coal for market, containing a combination of coal, shale, claystone, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, or related materials that are excavated, moved, and disposed of from underground workings. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Depository institution: means a bank, savings institution, or credit union. See Virginia Code 6.2-1800
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Employee: means an individual (i) whose manner and means of performance of work are subject to the right of control of, or are controlled by, a person and (ii) whose compensation for federal income tax purposes is reported, or required to be reported, on a W-2 form issued by the controlling person. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Entity: means any corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or other legal or commercial entity. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Holder: means a corporation, association, partnership or two or more persons having a joint or common interest. See Virginia Code 3.2-5218
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • inhabitants: means with reference to any county, city, town, political subdivision of the Commonwealth or any combination thereof, the natural persons in such county, city, town, political subdivision or combination as shown by the unadjusted United States decennial census last preceding the time at which any provision dependent upon population is being applied or the time as of which it is being construed. See Virginia Code 1-235
  • Interest: means all charges payable directly or indirectly by a borrower to a licensee as a condition to a loan, including fees, service charges, and renewal charges, and any ancillary product sold in connection with a loan, but does not include the monthly maintenance fees, deposit item return fees, or late charges authorized under § 6. See Virginia Code 6.2-1800
  • Licensee: means an individual licensed under this chapter. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Licensee: means a person to whom a license has been issued under this chapter. See Virginia Code 6.2-1800
  • Mine refuse impoundment: means a mine refuse pile that retains water that has been used in carrying out any part of the process necessary in the production or preparation of coal. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Mine refuse pile: means a pile of coarse or fine coal refuse that is a result of the mining or screening process that may be stacked, spread, or graded and covers 20 acre-feet or more. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgage loan originator: means an individual who (i) takes an application for or offers or negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan in which the dwelling is or will be located in the Commonwealth or (ii) represents to the public, through advertising or other means of communicating or providing information, including the use of business cards, stationery, brochures, signs, rate lists, or other promotional items, that such individual can or will perform any of the activities described in clause (i). See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Nontraditional mortgage product: means any mortgage product other than a 30-year fixed rate mortgage. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Operator: means any person who operates, controls, or supervises a retaining dam or a mine refuse impoundment. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or other legal or commercial entity. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Principal: means any person who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls (i) 10 percent or more of the outstanding stock of a stock corporation or (ii) a 10 percent or greater interest in a nonstock corporation or a limited liability company. See Virginia Code 6.2-1800
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Registry: means a mortgage licensing system developed and maintained by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators for the licensing and registration of mortgage loan originators. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Retaining dam: means an artificial barrier or obstruction that is designed to impound water, coal slurry, or silt (i) to an elevation of five feet or more above the upstream toe of the structure and has a storage volume of 20 acre-feet or more or (ii) to an elevation of 20 feet or more measured at the open channel spillway or from the crest of the dam in a closed system, regardless of storage volume. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Short-term loan: means a loan made pursuant to this chapter. See Virginia Code 6.2-1800
  • Silt: means fine particles resulting from a mining operation, suspended in or deposited by water. See Virginia Code 45.2-617
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Unique identifier: means a number or other identifier assigned by protocols established by the Registry that permanently identifies a mortgage loan originator. See Virginia Code 6.2-1700
  • Water: means liquid or slurry resulting from the processing of coal in mining operations. See Virginia Code 45.2-617