Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 23.2 - Sealing of Criminal History Record Information and Court Records

§ 19.2-392.5. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Sealing defined; effect of sealing - A. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires...

§ 19.2-392.6. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Automatic sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction - A. If a person was charged with an offense in...

§ 19.2-392.7. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Process for automatic sealing of offenses resulting in a conviction or deferred disposition - A. On at least a monthly basis, the Department of...

§ 19.2-392.8. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Automatic sealing of offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal - A. If a person is charged with the commission of...

§ 19.2-392.9. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Automatic sealing for mistaken identity or unauthorized use of identifying information - A. If (i) a person is charged or arrested as...

§ 19.2-392.10. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Process for automatic sealing of offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal - A. On at least a monthly basis, the Executive Secretary...

§ 19.2-392.11. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Automatic sealing of misdemeanor offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal for persons with no convictions or deferred and dismissed offens... - A. On at least an annual basis, the Department of...

§ 19.2-392.12. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition - A. Except for a conviction or deferral and dismissal of...

§ 19.2-392.13. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Disposition of records when an offense is sealed; permitted uses of sealed records - A. Upon electronic notification that a court order for sealing...

§ 19.2-392.14. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Disclosure of sealed records; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person having or acquiring...

§ 19.2-392.15. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Prohibited practices by employers, educational institutions, agencies, etc., of state and local governments; penalty - A. Except as provided in subsection B, agencies, officials, and...

§ 19.2-392.16. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Dissemination of criminal history records and traffic history records by business screening services - A. For the purposes of this section: "Business screening service"...

§ 19.2-392.17. (For contingent effective date see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Traffic infractions deemed sealed - A. Any record of a traffic infraction under Title 46.2...