Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 9.1 > Chapter 1 > Article 16 - Mental Health Awareness Response and Community Understanding Services (Marcus) Alert System.

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Body-worn camera system: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Community care team: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Comprehensive crisis system: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Department: means the Department of Criminal Justice Services. See Virginia Code 9.1-101
• Developmental services: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Dwelling unit: means a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home or residence by one or more persons who maintain a household, including a manufactured home, as defined in § Virginia Code 55.1-1200
• 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.
• Landlord: means the owner, lessor, or sublessor of the dwelling unit or the building of which such dwelling unit is a part. See Virginia Code 55.1-1200
• Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
• Marcus alert system: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Mobile crisis response: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Notice: means notice given in writing by either regular mail or hand delivery, with the sender retaining sufficient proof of having given such notice in the form of a certificate of service confirming such mailing prepared by the sender. See Virginia Code 55.1-1200
• Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
• Rent: means all money, other than a security deposit, owed or paid to the landlord under the rental agreement, including prepaid rent paid more than one month in advance of the rent due date. See Virginia Code 55.1-1200
• Substance abuse: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 9.1-193
• Tenant: means a person entitled only under the terms of a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others and includes a roomer. See Virginia Code 55.1-1200
• United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255