{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2804","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 2.2-2804","heading":"Selective Service compliance","body":"Any person who has failed to meet the federal requirement to register for the Selective Service shall be ineligible for employment by or service for the Commonwealth, or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, including all boards and commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, and instrumentalities. A person shall not be denied employment under this section by reason of failure to present himself for and submit to the federal registration requirement if: (i) the requirement for the person to so register has terminated or become inapplicable to the person and (ii) the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure of the person to register was not a knowing and willful failure to register.1999, c. 434, § 2.1-32.1; 2001, c. 844.","path":["Title 2.2. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT","Subtitle I. ORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT","Part E. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","Chapter 28. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-2804/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:14Z","sha256":"5e97a1317f4cb77ceebcba332d5b7f0a8deeaa1a5784f86476cfb70780ae1d45","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2803","next":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}