Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-390.01 — Use of Virginia crime code references required
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 23: Central Criminal Records Exchange, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-390.01
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
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 the following: 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.
The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes as may be deemed necessary.
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