{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/19.2-390.01.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/19.2-390.01.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/19.2-390.01.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/19.2-390.01.html"}],"law_id":79559,"edition_id":1,"section_id":79559,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.01","catch_line":"Use of Virginia crime code references required","history":"2003, c. 148; 2007, c. 133; 2025, c. 402.","full_text":"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.\n\t\tVirginia 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.\n\t\tThe Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes as may be deemed necessary.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285090,"text":"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.\n\t\tVirginia 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.\n\t\tThe Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime codes as may be deemed necessary.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15051,"edition_id":1,"name":"Central Criminal Records Exchange","identifier":"23","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12801,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:51:45","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:51:45","permalink":{"id":170405,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15051,"identifier":"23","token":"19.2\/23","url":"\/19.2\/23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12801,"edition_id":1,"name":"Criminal Procedure","identifier":"19.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":168169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12801,"identifier":"19.2","token":"19.2","url":"\/19.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60081,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-387","catch_line":"Exchange to operate as a division of Department of State Police; authority of Superintendent of State Police","url":"\/19.2-387\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-387","metadata":false},{"id":86405,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-387.1","catch_line":"Protective Order Registry; maintenance; access","url":"\/19.2-387.1\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-387.1","metadata":false},{"id":64486,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-387.2","catch_line":"National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998","url":"\/19.2-387.2\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-387.2","metadata":false},{"id":70372,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-387.3","catch_line":"Substantial Risk Order Registry; maintenance; access","url":"\/19.2-387.3\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-387.3","metadata":false},{"id":85019,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-388","catch_line":"Duties and authority of Exchange","url":"\/19.2-388\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-388","metadata":false},{"id":57466,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-388.1","catch_line":"Fingerprints submitted by Live Scan device","url":"\/19.2-388.1\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-388.1","metadata":false},{"id":81089,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","url":"\/19.2-389\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389","metadata":false},{"id":63594,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-389.1","catch_line":"Dissemination of juvenile record information","url":"\/19.2-389.1\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389.1","metadata":false},{"id":58752,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-389.2","catch_line":"Background checks of applicants of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority","url":"\/19.2-389.2\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389.2","metadata":false},{"id":64557,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-389.3","catch_line":"(Repealed effective July 1, 2026) Marijuana possession; limits on dissemination of criminal history record information; prohibited practices by employers, educational institutions, and state and local governments; penalty","url":"\/19.2-389.3\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-389.3","metadata":false},{"id":82582,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390","catch_line":"Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies","url":"\/19.2-390\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390","metadata":false},{"id":79559,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.01","catch_line":"Use of Virginia crime code references required","url":"\/19.2-390.01\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.01","metadata":false},{"id":80326,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.02","catch_line":"Policies and procedures for law enforcement to conduct in-person and photo lineups","url":"\/19.2-390.02\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.02","metadata":false},{"id":72817,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.03","catch_line":"Development and dissemination of model policy on fingerprinting and reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange","url":"\/19.2-390.03\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.03","metadata":false},{"id":86792,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.04","catch_line":"Custodial interrogations; recording","url":"\/19.2-390.04\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.04","metadata":false},{"id":78107,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.1","catch_line":"Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; maintenance; access","url":"\/19.2-390.1\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.1","metadata":false},{"id":63898,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/19.2-390.2\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.2","metadata":false},{"id":71334,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.3","catch_line":"Child Pornography Registry; maintenance; access; required information","url":"\/19.2-390.3\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.3","metadata":false},{"id":57371,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-391","catch_line":"Records to be made available to Exchange by state officials and agencies; duplication of records","url":"\/19.2-391\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-391","metadata":false},{"id":80211,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-392","catch_line":"Fingerprints and photographs by police authorities","url":"\/19.2-392\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-392","metadata":false},{"id":59254,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-392.01","catch_line":"Judges may require taking of fingerprints and photographs in certain misdemeanor cases","url":"\/19.2-392.01\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-392.01","metadata":false},{"id":61280,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","url":"\/19.2-392.02\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-392.02","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":82582,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390","catch_line":"Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies","url":"\/19.2-390\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":80326,"structure_id":15051,"section_number":"19.2-390.02","catch_line":"Policies and procedures for law enforcement to conduct in-person and photo lineups","url":"\/19.2-390.02\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.02","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/19.2-390.01\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 148<\/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 2 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 2007, chapter 133<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 402<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170451,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79559,"identifier":"19.2-390.01","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.01","url":"\/19.2-390.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-390.01\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of Virginia crime code references required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-390.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any criminal warrant, indictment<\/span>, information, presentment<\/span>, petition<\/span>, summons<\/span>, charging document issued by a magistrate<\/span>, or dispositional document from a criminal trial<\/span>, involves a jailable offense<\/span>, it shall include the Virginia crime<\/span> code references for the particular offense<\/span> or offenses<\/span> covered. When Virginia crime<\/span> codes are provided on charging and dispositional documents, the Virginia crime<\/span> codes shall be recorded and stored for adult offenders in the following: criminal history computer systems maintained by the State Police; court<\/span> case management computer systems maintained by the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia; probation<\/span> and parole<\/span> case management computer systems maintained by the Department of Corrections and the Virginia Parole<\/span> Board; pretrial and community-based probation<\/span> 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<\/span> codes for particular offenses<\/span> related to juveniles in case management computer systems.\n\t\tVirginia crime<\/span> codes shall only be used to facilitate administration and research and shall not have any legal standing as they relate to a particular offense<\/span> or offenses<\/span>.\n\t\tThe Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and modify the Virginia crime<\/span> codes as may be deemed necessary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF VIRGINIA CRIME CODE REFERENCES REQUIRED (\u00a7 19.2-390.01)\n\nIf any criminal warrant, indictment, information, presentment, petition,\nsummons, charging document issued by a magistrate, or dispositional document\nfrom a criminal trial, involves a jailable offense, it shall include the\nVirginia crime code references for the particular offense or offenses covered.\nWhen Virginia crime codes are provided on charging and dispositional documents,\nthe Virginia crime codes shall be recorded and stored for adult offenders in the\nfollowing: criminal history computer systems maintained by the State Police;\ncourt case management computer systems maintained by the Supreme Court of\nVirginia; probation and parole case management computer systems maintained by\nthe Department of Corrections and the Virginia Parole Board; pretrial and\ncommunity-based probation case management computer systems maintained by the\nDepartment of Criminal Justice Services; and jail management computer systems\nmaintained by the State Compensation Board. The Department of Juvenile Justice\nshall record and store Virginia crime codes for particular offenses related to\njuveniles in case management computer systems.\n\t\tVirginia crime codes shall only be used to facilitate administration and\nresearch and shall not have any legal standing as they relate to a particular\noffense or offenses.\n\t\tThe Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and\nmodify the Virginia crime codes as may be deemed necessary.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 148; 2007, c. 133; 2025, c. 402.","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}}