Information Recorded

• Employees of the state must disclose information about real estate, business interests, positions in clubs and organizations, official gifts, travel and liabilities. The nature of disclosure is based on a person's job title. The state has three different documents based on job description--statement of economic interests, financial disclosure statement and disclosure of real estate holdings.
  
  

Public Review: Lawmakers

• Disclosure statements are available to the public and are kept on record for a minimum of five years. Virginia senators and representatives file disclosures to the clerks of the Senate and House of Delegates, respectively. An individual can get access to documentation by contacting a clerk's office by phone.
  
  Virginia Clerk of the Senate
  
  804-698-7400
  
  Virginia Clerk of the House
  
  804-698-1619
  
  

Public Review: Other Employees

• Information from other state officers is also kept on file for five or more years and is available to the public. An individual can get access to this information by contacting Virginia's conflict of interest director. State employees who are not government officials do not have to file the same detail of disclosure as legislators.
  
  Conflict of Interest Director
  
  1111 East Broad Street, 4th Floor
  
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-225-2849
  
  

Who Files a Disclosure?

• Members of the state government, such as the governor, legislators and court justices, must disclose interests. Certain members of local governments are also subject to disclosure--treasurers, sheriffs, commonwealth's attorneys, clerk of circuit court and commissioners of revenue. This rule also applies for people seeking government office and members of state and local boards and planning commissions.
  
  

Penalties

• There are penalties for state employees that do not file disclosures. Filling out a statement of economic interests form inaccurately or failing to file the form is a class 1 misdemeanor, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A local official who knowingly fills out an inaccurate form can be charged with a class 3 misdemeanor. Class 1 misdemeanors can result in jail time and fines; class 3 offenses can result in fines. Both offenses can result in job loss.