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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 859<\/a> and 949<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapters 746<\/a>, 798<\/a>, and 802<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 739<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 759<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56829,"section_number":"16.1-249","catch_line":"Places of confinement for juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-249\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83230,"identifier":"16.1-269.5","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.5","url":"\/16.1-269.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-269.5\/","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Placement of juvenile","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-269.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The juvenile court<\/span> may order<\/span> placement of the transferred juvenile in either a local correctional facility as approved by the State Board<\/span> of Local and Regional Jails<\/span> pursuant to the limitations of subsections D and E of \u00a7 16.1-249<\/a> or a juvenile detention facility.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLACEMENT OF JUVENILE (\u00a7 16.1-269.5)\n\nThe juvenile court may order placement of the transferred juvenile in either a\nlocal correctional facility as approved by the State Board of Local and Regional\nJails pursuant to the limitations of subsections D and E of \u00a7 16.1-249 or a\njuvenile detention facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 859, 949; 1995, cc. 746, 798, 802; 2010, c. 739; 2020, c.\n759.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}