Virginia's 2025 law requiring plate reader data to be destroyed after 21 days so neither the vendor nor police can recover it, and stating that a camera alert alone is not reasonable suspicion for a stop.
System data shall be purged after 21 days of the date of its capture in such a manner that such data is destroyed and not recoverable by either the vendor or the law-enforcement agency.
Virginia's 2025 law requiring plate reader data to be destroyed after 21 days so neither the vendor nor police can recover it, and stating that a camera alert alone is not reasonable suspicion for a stop.