{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-3715","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 2.2-3715","heading":"Effect of advisory opinions from the Freedom of Information Advisory Council on liability for willful and knowing violations","body":"Any officer, employee, or member of a public body who is alleged to have committed a willful and knowing violation pursuant to § 2.2-3714 shall have the right to introduce at any proceeding a copy of a relevant advisory opinion issued pursuant to § 30-179 as evidence that he did not willfully and knowingly commit the violation if the alleged violation resulted from his good faith reliance on the advisory opinion.2019, c. 354.","path":["Title 2.2. Administration of Government","Subtitle II. Administration of State Government","Part B. Transaction of Public Business","Chapter 37. Virginia Freedom of Information Act"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-3715/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:14Z","sha256":"9a0ce4ecdea2fdd099d6f77a6feffb01f6b53041f93fd12c90c0eee8ceefd7e3","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-3714","next":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-3800"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}