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If upon inquiry it is determined that the person may be an alien based upon his failure to produce evidence of United States citizenship, the probation or parole officer shall report this determination to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange.B\n\nThe inquiry required by this section need not be made if it is apparent that a report on alien status has previously been made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to this section.C\n\nIt shall be the responsibility of the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police to review arrest reports submitted by law-enforcement agencies and reports of suspected alien-status inquiries made by probation or parole officers, and to report within sixty days of final disposition to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement the identity of all convicted offenders suspected of being an alien.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309390,"text":"Whenever a person is (i) convicted in a circuit court of any felony and (ii) referred to a probation or parole officer for a report pursuant to § 19.2-299, or for probation supervision, the probation or parole officer shall inquire as to the citizenship of such person. 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 247 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1994, chapter 579<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 180<\/a> and 415<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 84<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61864,"section_number":"53.1-218","catch_line":"Duty of officer in charge to inquire as to citizenship; notice to federal immigration officer of commitment of alien","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-218\/"},{"id":59332,"section_number":"53.1-220.1","catch_line":"Transfer of prisoners convicted of designated illegal acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-220.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75041,"section_number":"19.2-299","catch_line":"Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-299\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169437,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86392,"identifier":"19.2-294.2","token":"19.2\/17\/3\/19.2-294.2","url":"\/19.2-294.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-294.2\/","token":"19.2\/17\/3\/19.2-294.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; duties of probation and parole officer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-294.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever a person is (i) convicted in a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any felony<\/span> and (ii) referred to a probation<\/span> or parole<\/span> officer for a report pursuant to § 19.2-299<\/a>, or for probation<\/span> supervision, the probation<\/span> or parole<\/span> officer shall inquire as to the citizenship of such person. If upon inquiry it is determined that the person may be an alien based upon his failure to produce evidence<\/span> of United States citizenship, the probation<\/span> or parole<\/span> officer shall report this determination to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The inquiry required by this section need not be made if it is apparent that a report on alien status has previously been made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> It shall be the responsibility of the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police to review arrest<\/span> reports submitted by law<\/span>-enforcement agencies and reports of suspected alien-status inquiries made by probation<\/span> or parole<\/span> officers, and to report within sixty days of final disposition<\/span> to the Law<\/span> Enforcement Support Center of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement the identity of all convicted offenders suspected of being an alien. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE WHEN ALIENS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONIES; DUTIES OF PROBATION AND\nPAROLE OFFICER (\u00a7 19.2-294.2)\n\nA. Whenever a person is (i) convicted in a circuit court of any felony and (ii)\nreferred to a probation or parole officer for a report pursuant to §\n19.2-299, or for probation supervision, the probation or parole officer shall\ninquire as to the citizenship of such person. If upon inquiry it is determined\nthat the person may be an alien based upon his failure to produce evidence of\nUnited States citizenship, the probation or parole officer shall report this\ndetermination to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of\nState Police in a format approved by the Exchange.\n\nB. The inquiry required by this section need not be made if it is apparent that\na report on alien status has previously been made to the Central Criminal\nRecords Exchange pursuant to this section.\n\nC. It shall be the responsibility of the Central Criminal Records Exchange of\nthe Department of State Police to review arrest reports submitted by\nlaw-enforcement agencies and reports of suspected alien-status inquiries made by\nprobation or parole officers, and to report within sixty days of final\ndisposition to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the United States\nImmigration and Customs Enforcement the identity of all convicted offenders\nsuspected of being an alien.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 247; 1994, c. 579; 2008, cc. 180, 415; 2017, c. 84.","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}}