If any criminal warrant, indictment, information, presentment, petition, summons, charging document issued by a magistrate, or dispositional document from a criminal trial, involves a jailable offense, it shall include the Virginia crime code references for the particular offense or offenses covered. When Virginia crime codes are provided on charging and dispositional documents, the Virginia crime codes shall be recorded and stored for adult offenders in: criminal history computer systems maintained by the State Police; court case management computer systems maintained by the Supreme Court of Virginia; probation and parole case management computer systems maintained by the Department of Corrections and the Virginia Parole Board; pretrial and community-based probation case management computer systems maintained by the Department of Criminal Justice Services; and jail management computer systems maintained by the State Compensation Board. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall record and store Virginia crime codes for particular offenses related to juveniles in case management computer systems.
Virginia crime codes shall only be used to facilitate administration and research, and shall not have any legal standing as they relate to a particular offense or offenses.
2003, c. 148; 2007, c. 133.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 23 - Central Criminal Records Exchange
§ 19.2-387.1. Protective Order Registry; maintenance; access
§ 19.2-387.2. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998
§ 19.2-387.3. Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance; access
§ 19.2-388. Duties and authority of Exchange
§ 19.2-388.1. Fingerprints submitted by Live Scan device
§ 19.2-389. Dissemination of criminal history record information
§ 19.2-389.1. Dissemination of juvenile record information
§ 19.2-389.2. Background checks of applicants of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
§ 19.2-390.01. Use of Virginia crime code references required
§ 19.2-390.02. Policies and procedures for law enforcement to conduct in-person and photo lineups
§ 19.2-390.04. Custodial interrogations; recording
§ 19.2-390.1. Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; maintenance; access
§ 19.2-390.3. Child Pornography Registry; maintenance; access
§ 19.2-392. Fingerprints and photographs by police authorities