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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 217<\/a> and 218<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58525,"section_number":"19.2-271.6","catch_line":"Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-271.6\/"},{"id":72496,"section_number":"37.2-513","catch_line":"Information about services to be made available to courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70053,"identifier":"16.1-69.29:1","token":"16.1\/4.1\/2\/16.1-69.29_1","url":"\/16.1-69.29_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.29_1\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/2\/16.1-69.29_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain information to be made available to certain defendants found not guilty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.29:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case in which a defendant<\/span> is found not guilty of any offense<\/span> after a trial<\/span> in a general district court<\/span> at which evidence<\/span> of the defendant<\/span>’s mental condition at the time of the alleged offense<\/span> was introduced in accordance with \u00a7 19.2-271.6<\/a>, the court<\/span> shall make available to the defendant<\/span> information provided by the community services<\/span> board in accordance with \u00a7 37.2-513<\/a> regarding services provided by the community services<\/span> board and how such services may be accessed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN DEFENDANTS FOUND NOT GUILTY\n(\u00a7 16.1-69.29:1)\n\nIn any case in which a defendant is found not guilty of any offense after a\ntrial in a general district court at which evidence of the defendant’s\nmental condition at the time of the alleged offense was introduced in accordance\nwith \u00a7 19.2-271.6, the court shall make available to the defendant information\nprovided by the community services board in accordance with \u00a7 37.2-513\nregarding services provided by the community services board and how such\nservices may be accessed.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 217, 218.","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}}