{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/19.2-390.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/19.2-390.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/19.2-390.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/19.2-390.html"}],"law_id":82582,"edition_id":1,"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","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-19.3; 1966, c. 669; 1968, c. 724; 1970, c. 191; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 107; 1974, c. 575; 1975, cc. 495, 584; 1976, cc. 336, 572, 771; 1978, cc. 467, 825; 1979, c. 378; 1981, c. 529; 1982, cc. 33, 535; 1990, cc. 100, 692; 1992, c. 391; 1993, cc. 448, 468, 926; 1994, cc. 362, 428, 432; 1996, cc. 429, 755, 806, 914; 1997, cc. 27, 509, 747, 801; 2001, cc. 516, 536, 565; 2003, cc. 27, 584, 727; 2004, cc. 284, 406; 2005, cc. 187, 229; 2008, cc. 73, 246; 2009, cc. 249, 813, 840; 2010, c. 273; 2013, c. 614; 2018, cc. 51, 178; 2019, cc. 115, 782, 783; 2020, cc. 91, 92, 860, 861; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524, 542; 2025, c. 716.","full_text":"A\n\n1. Every state official or agency having the power to arrest, the sheriffs of counties, the police officials of cities and towns, and any other local law-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to arrest for a felony shall make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on forms provided by it, of any arrest, including those arrests involving the taking into custody of, or service of process upon, any person on charges resulting from an indictment, presentment or information, the arrest on capias or warrant for failure to appear, and the service of a warrant for another jurisdiction, for each charge when any person is arrested on any of the following charges:\n\t\t\ta. Treason;\n\t\t\tb. Any felony;\n\t\t\tc. Any offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Title 54.1;\n\t\t\td. Any misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail (i) under Title 18.2 or 19.2, or any similar ordinance of any county, city or town, (ii) under \u00a7 20-61, or (iii) under \u00a7 16.1-253.2; or\n\t\t\te. Any offense in violation of \u00a7 3.2-6570, 4.1-309.1, 5.1-13, 15.2-1612, 22.1-289.041, 46.2-339, 46.2-341.21, 46.2-341.24, 46.2-341.26:3, 46.2-817, 58.1-3141, 58.1-4018.1, 60.2-632, or 63.2-1509.\n\t\t\tThe reports shall contain such information as is required by the Exchange and shall be accompanied by fingerprints of the individual arrested for each charge. Effective January 1, 2006, the corresponding photograph of the individual arrested shall accompany the report. Fingerprint cards prepared by a law-enforcement agency for inclusion in a national criminal justice file shall be forwarded to the Exchange for transmittal to the appropriate bureau. Nothing in this section shall preclude each local law-enforcement agency from maintaining its own separate photographic database. Fingerprints and photographs required to be taken pursuant to this subsection or subdivision A 3c of \u00a7 19.2-123 may be taken at the facility where the magistrate is located, including a regional jail, even if the accused is not committed to jail.\n\t\t\tLaw-enforcement agencies and clerks of court shall only submit reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange only for those offenses enumerated in this subsection. Only reports received for those offenses enumerated in this subsection shall be included in the Central Criminal Records Exchange.2\n\nFor persons arrested and released on summonses in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such report shall not be required until (i) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or if an appeal is noted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted withdraws his appeal; (ii) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (iii) an acquittal by reason of insanity pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. Upon such conviction or acquittal, the court shall remand the individual to the custody of the office of the chief law-enforcement officer of the county or city. It shall be the duty of the chief law-enforcement officer, or his designee who may be the arresting officer, to ensure that such report is completed for each charge after a determination of guilt or acquittal by reason of insanity. The court shall require the officer to complete the report immediately following the person&#8217;s conviction or acquittal, and the individual shall be discharged from custody forthwith, unless the court has imposed a jail sentence to be served by him or ordered him committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.3\n\nFor persons arrested on a capias for any allegation of a violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, a report shall be made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subdivision 1. Upon finding such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each such offense and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.4\n\nFor any person served with a show cause for any allegation of a violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, such report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not be required until such person is found to be in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense. Upon finding such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each such offense and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.5\n\nIf the accused is in custody when an indictment or presentment is found or made, or information is filed, and no process is awarded, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall so notify the court of such at the time of first appearance for each indictment, presentment, or information for which a report is required upon arrest pursuant to subdivision 1, and the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of the accused be taken for each offense by a law-enforcement officer or by the agency that has custody of the accused at the time of first appearance. The law-enforcement officer or agency taking the fingerprints and photograph shall submit a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for each offense.B\n\nWithin 72 hours following the receipt of (i) a warrant or capias for the arrest of any person on a charge of a felony or (ii) a Governor&#8217;s warrant of arrest of a person issued pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-92, the law-enforcement agency which received the warrant shall enter the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52 and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report shall include the person&#8217;s name, date of birth, social security number and such other known information which the State Police or Federal Bureau of Investigation may require. Where feasible and practical, the magistrate or court issuing the warrant or capias may transfer information electronically into VCIN. When the information is electronically transferred to VCIN, the court or magistrate shall forthwith forward the warrant or capias to the local police department or sheriff&#8217;s office. When criminal process has been ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the law-enforcement agency destroying such process shall ensure the removal of any information relating to the destroyed criminal process from the VCIN and NCIC.B1\n\nWithin 72 hours following the receipt of a written statement issued by a parole officer pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-149 authorizing the arrest of a person who has violated the provisions of his probation, the law-enforcement agency that received the written statement shall enter, or cause to be entered, the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52.C\n\nFor offenses not charged on a summons in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, the clerk of each circuit court and district court shall make an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of (i) any dismissal, including a dismissal pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2, indefinite postponement or continuance, charge still pending due to mental incompetency or incapacity, deferral, nolle prosequi, acquittal, or conviction of, including any sentence imposed, or failure of a grand jury to return a true bill as to, any person charged with an offense listed in subsection A, including any action that may have resulted from an indictment, presentment or information, or any finding that the person is in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense and (ii) any adjudication of delinquency based upon an act that, if committed by an adult, would require fingerprints to be filed pursuant to subsection A. For offenses listed in subsection A and charged on a summons in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such electronic report by the clerk of each circuit court and district court to the Central Criminal Records Exchange may be submitted but shall not be required until (a) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or, if an appeal is noted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted withdraws his appeal; (b) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (c) an acquittal by reason of insanity pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. The clerk of each circuit court shall make an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any finding that a person charged on a summons is in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense. Upon conviction of any person, including juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-269.1, whether sentenced as adults or juveniles, for an offense for which registration is required as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-902, the clerk shall within seven days of sentencing submit a report to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The report to the Registry shall include the name of the person convicted and all aliases that he is known to have used, the date and locality of the conviction for which registration is required, his date of birth, social security number, and last known address, and specific reference to the offense for which he was convicted. No report of conviction or adjudication in a district court shall be filed unless the period allowed for an appeal has elapsed and no appeal has been perfected. In the event that the records in the office of any clerk show that any conviction or adjudication has been nullified in any manner, he shall also make a report of that fact to the Exchange and, if appropriate, to the Registry. In addition, each clerk of a circuit court, upon receipt of certification thereof from the Supreme Court, shall report to the Exchange or the Registry, or to the law-enforcement agency making the arrest in the case of offenses not required to be reported to the Exchange, on forms provided by the Exchange or Registry, as the case may be, any reversal or other amendment to a prior sentence or disposition previously reported. When criminal process is ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the clerk shall report such action to the law-enforcement agency that entered the warrant or capias into the VCIN.D\n\nIn addition to those offenses enumerated in subsection A, the Central Criminal Records Exchange may receive, classify, and file any other fingerprints, photographs, and records of confinement submitted to it by any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any such fingerprints, photographs, and records received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange from any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections may be classified and filed as criminal history record information.E\n\nCorrections officials, sheriffs, and jail superintendents of regional jails, responsible for maintaining correctional status information, as required by the regulations of the Department of Criminal Justice Services, with respect to individuals about whom reports have been made under the provisions of this chapter shall make reports of changes in correctional status information to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. The reports to the Exchange shall include any commitment to or release or escape from a state or local correctional facility, including commitment to or release from a parole or probation agency.F\n\nAny pardon, reprieve or executive commutation of sentence by the Governor shall be reported to the Exchange by the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.G\n\nOfficials responsible for reporting disposition of charges, and correctional changes of status of individuals under this section, including those reports made to the Registry, shall adopt procedures reasonably designed at a minimum (i) to ensure that such reports are accurately made as soon as feasible by the most expeditious means and in no instance later than 30 days after occurrence of the disposition or correctional change of status and (ii) to report promptly any correction, deletion, or revision of the information.H\n\nUpon receiving a correction, deletion, or revision of information, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall notify all criminal justice agencies known to have previously received the information.I\n\nAs used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Chief law-enforcement officer&#8221; means the chief of police of cities and towns and sheriffs of counties, unless a political subdivision has otherwise designated its chief law-enforcement officer by appropriate resolution or ordinance, in which case the local designation shall be controlling.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Electronic report&#8221; means a report transmitted to, or otherwise forwarded to, the Central Criminal Records Exchange in an electronic format approved by the Exchange. The report shall contain the name of the person convicted and all aliases which he is known to have used, the date and locality of the conviction, his date of birth, social security number, last known address, and specific reference to the offense including the Virginia Code section and any subsection, the Virginia crime code for the offense, and the offense tracking number for the offense for which he was convicted.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295870,"text":"1. Every state official or agency having the power to arrest, the sheriffs of counties, the police officials of cities and towns, and any other local law-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to arrest for a felony shall make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on forms provided by it, of any arrest, including those arrests involving the taking into custody of, or service of process upon, any person on charges resulting from an indictment, presentment or information, the arrest on capias or warrant for failure to appear, and the service of a warrant for another jurisdiction, for each charge when any person is arrested on any of the following charges:\n\t\t\ta. Treason;\n\t\t\tb. Any felony;\n\t\t\tc. Any offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Title 54.1;\n\t\t\td. Any misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail (i) under Title 18.2 or 19.2, or any similar ordinance of any county, city or town, (ii) under \u00a7 20-61, or (iii) under \u00a7 16.1-253.2; or\n\t\t\te. Any offense in violation of \u00a7 3.2-6570, 4.1-309.1, 5.1-13, 15.2-1612, 22.1-289.041, 46.2-339, 46.2-341.21, 46.2-341.24, 46.2-341.26:3, 46.2-817, 58.1-3141, 58.1-4018.1, 60.2-632, or 63.2-1509.\n\t\t\tThe reports shall contain such information as is required by the Exchange and shall be accompanied by fingerprints of the individual arrested for each charge. Effective January 1, 2006, the corresponding photograph of the individual arrested shall accompany the report. Fingerprint cards prepared by a law-enforcement agency for inclusion in a national criminal justice file shall be forwarded to the Exchange for transmittal to the appropriate bureau. Nothing in this section shall preclude each local law-enforcement agency from maintaining its own separate photographic database. Fingerprints and photographs required to be taken pursuant to this subsection or subdivision A 3c of \u00a7 19.2-123 may be taken at the facility where the magistrate is located, including a regional jail, even if the accused is not committed to jail.\n\t\t\tLaw-enforcement agencies and clerks of court shall only submit reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange only for those offenses enumerated in this subsection. Only reports received for those offenses enumerated in this subsection shall be included in the Central Criminal Records Exchange.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A2"},"1":{"id":295871,"text":"For persons arrested and released on summonses in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such report shall not be required until (i) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or if an appeal is noted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted withdraws his appeal; (ii) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (iii) an acquittal by reason of insanity pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. Upon such conviction or acquittal, the court shall remand the individual to the custody of the office of the chief law-enforcement officer of the county or city. It shall be the duty of the chief law-enforcement officer, or his designee who may be the arresting officer, to ensure that such report is completed for each charge after a determination of guilt or acquittal by reason of insanity. The court shall require the officer to complete the report immediately following the person&#8217;s conviction or acquittal, and the individual shall be discharged from custody forthwith, unless the court has imposed a jail sentence to be served by him or ordered him committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A3"},"2":{"id":295872,"text":"For persons arrested on a capias for any allegation of a violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, a report shall be made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subdivision 1. Upon finding such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each such offense and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"3":{"id":295873,"text":"For any person served with a show cause for any allegation of a violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, such report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not be required until such person is found to be in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense. Upon finding such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each such offense and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"4":{"id":295874,"text":"If the accused is in custody when an indictment or presentment is found or made, or information is filed, and no process is awarded, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall so notify the court of such at the time of first appearance for each indictment, presentment, or information for which a report is required upon arrest pursuant to subdivision 1, and the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of the accused be taken for each offense by a law-enforcement officer or by the agency that has custody of the accused at the time of first appearance. The law-enforcement officer or agency taking the fingerprints and photograph shall submit a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for each offense.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"B"},"5":{"id":295875,"text":"Within 72 hours following the receipt of (i) a warrant or capias for the arrest of any person on a charge of a felony or (ii) a Governor&#8217;s warrant of arrest of a person issued pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-92, the law-enforcement agency which received the warrant shall enter the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52 and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report shall include the person&#8217;s name, date of birth, social security number and such other known information which the State Police or Federal Bureau of Investigation may require. Where feasible and practical, the magistrate or court issuing the warrant or capias may transfer information electronically into VCIN. When the information is electronically transferred to VCIN, the court or magistrate shall forthwith forward the warrant or capias to the local police department or sheriff&#8217;s office. When criminal process has been ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the law-enforcement agency destroying such process shall ensure the removal of any information relating to the destroyed criminal process from the VCIN and NCIC.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"B1"},"6":{"id":295876,"text":"Within 72 hours following the receipt of a written statement issued by a parole officer pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-149 authorizing the arrest of a person who has violated the provisions of his probation, the law-enforcement agency that received the written statement shall enter, or cause to be entered, the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52.","type":"section","prefixes":["B1"],"prefix":"B1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C"},"7":{"id":295877,"text":"For offenses not charged on a summons in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, the clerk of each circuit court and district court shall make an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of (i) any dismissal, including a dismissal pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2, indefinite postponement or continuance, charge still pending due to mental incompetency or incapacity, deferral, nolle prosequi, acquittal, or conviction of, including any sentence imposed, or failure of a grand jury to return a true bill as to, any person charged with an offense listed in subsection A, including any action that may have resulted from an indictment, presentment or information, or any finding that the person is in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense and (ii) any adjudication of delinquency based upon an act that, if committed by an adult, would require fingerprints to be filed pursuant to subsection A. For offenses listed in subsection A and charged on a summons in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such electronic report by the clerk of each circuit court and district court to the Central Criminal Records Exchange may be submitted but shall not be required until (a) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or, if an appeal is noted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted withdraws his appeal; (b) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (c) an acquittal by reason of insanity pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. The clerk of each circuit court shall make an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any finding that a person charged on a summons is in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense. Upon conviction of any person, including juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit courts pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-269.1, whether sentenced as adults or juveniles, for an offense for which registration is required as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-902, the clerk shall within seven days of sentencing submit a report to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The report to the Registry shall include the name of the person convicted and all aliases that he is known to have used, the date and locality of the conviction for which registration is required, his date of birth, social security number, and last known address, and specific reference to the offense for which he was convicted. No report of conviction or adjudication in a district court shall be filed unless the period allowed for an appeal has elapsed and no appeal has been perfected. In the event that the records in the office of any clerk show that any conviction or adjudication has been nullified in any manner, he shall also make a report of that fact to the Exchange and, if appropriate, to the Registry. In addition, each clerk of a circuit court, upon receipt of certification thereof from the Supreme Court, shall report to the Exchange or the Registry, or to the law-enforcement agency making the arrest in the case of offenses not required to be reported to the Exchange, on forms provided by the Exchange or Registry, as the case may be, any reversal or other amendment to a prior sentence or disposition previously reported. When criminal process is ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the clerk shall report such action to the law-enforcement agency that entered the warrant or capias into the VCIN.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"D"},"8":{"id":295878,"text":"In addition to those offenses enumerated in subsection A, the Central Criminal Records Exchange may receive, classify, and file any other fingerprints, photographs, and records of confinement submitted to it by any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any such fingerprints, photographs, and records received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange from any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections may be classified and filed as criminal history record information.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"9":{"id":295879,"text":"Corrections officials, sheriffs, and jail superintendents of regional jails, responsible for maintaining correctional status information, as required by the regulations of the Department of Criminal Justice Services, with respect to individuals about whom reports have been made under the provisions of this chapter shall make reports of changes in correctional status information to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. The reports to the Exchange shall include any commitment to or release or escape from a state or local correctional facility, including commitment to or release from a parole or probation agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"10":{"id":295880,"text":"Any pardon, reprieve or executive commutation of sentence by the Governor shall be reported to the Exchange by the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"11":{"id":295881,"text":"Officials responsible for reporting disposition of charges, and correctional changes of status of individuals under this section, including those reports made to the Registry, shall adopt procedures reasonably designed at a minimum (i) to ensure that such reports are accurately made as soon as feasible by the most expeditious means and in no instance later than 30 days after occurrence of the disposition or correctional change of status and (ii) to report promptly any correction, deletion, or revision of the information.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F","next_prefix":"H"},"12":{"id":295882,"text":"Upon receiving a correction, deletion, or revision of information, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall notify all criminal justice agencies known to have previously received the information.","type":"section","prefixes":["H"],"prefix":"H","entire_prefix":"H","prefix_anchor":"H","level":1,"prior_prefix":"G","next_prefix":"I"},"13":{"id":295883,"text":"As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Chief law-enforcement officer&#8221; means the chief of police of cities and towns and sheriffs of counties, unless a political subdivision has otherwise designated its chief law-enforcement officer by appropriate resolution or ordinance, in which case the local designation shall be controlling.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Electronic report&#8221; means a report transmitted to, or otherwise forwarded to, the Central Criminal Records Exchange in an electronic format approved by the Exchange. The report shall contain the name of the person convicted and all aliases which he is known to have used, the date and locality of the conviction, his date of birth, social security number, last known address, and specific reference to the offense including the Virginia Code section and any subsection, the Virginia crime code for the offense, and the offense tracking number for the offense for which he was convicted.","type":"section","prefixes":["I"],"prefix":"I","entire_prefix":"I","prefix_anchor":"I","level":1,"prior_prefix":"H"}},"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; 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It has been modified 28 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 1966, chapter 669; in 1968, chapter 724; in 1970, chapter 191; in 1974, chapter 575; in 1975, chapters 495 and 584; in 1976, chapters 336, 572, and 771; in 1978, chapters 467 and 825; in 1979, chapter 378; in 1981, chapter 529; in 1982, chapters 33 and 535; in 1990, chapters 100 and 692; in 1992, chapter 391; in 1993, chapters 448, 468, and 926; in 1994, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0362\">362<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0428\">428<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0432\">432<\/a>; in 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0429\">429<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0755\">755<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0806\">806<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0914\">914<\/a>; in 1997, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0027\">27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0509\">509<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0801\">801<\/a>; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0516\">516<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0536\">536<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0565\">565<\/a>; in 2003, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0027\">27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0584\">584<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0727\">727<\/a>; in 2004, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0284\">284<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0406\">406<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0187\">187<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0229\">229<\/a>; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0073\">73<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0246\">246<\/a>; in 2009, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0813\">813<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0840\">840<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0273\">273<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0051\">51<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0178\">178<\/a>; in 2019, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0115\">115<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0782\">782<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a>; in 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0091\">91<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0092\">92<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85077,"section_number":"16.1-272","catch_line":"Power of circuit court over juvenile offender","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-272\/"},{"id":84235,"section_number":"16.1-299","catch_line":"(Effective until July 1, 2026) Fingerprints and photographs of juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-299\/"},{"id":83957,"section_number":"16.1-307","catch_line":"Circuit court records regarding juveniles","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-307\/"},{"id":63126,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-267\/"},{"id":68547,"section_number":"18.2-251","catch_line":"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-251\/"},{"id":59318,"section_number":"18.2-57.3","catch_line":"Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may be placed on local community-based probation; 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written statement; timeframe for service of process","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-149\/"},{"id":66066,"section_number":"53.1-165","catch_line":"Revocation of parole; hearing; procedure for parolee in another state; appointment of attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-165\/"},{"id":77908,"section_number":"58.1-3141","catch_line":"Treasurer or other person shall not use public money except as provided by law","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3141\/"},{"id":56776,"section_number":"58.1-4018.1","catch_line":"Larceny of tickets; fraudulent notification of prizes; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4018.1\/"},{"id":75958,"section_number":"60.2-632","catch_line":"False statements, etc., to obtain or increase benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-632\/"},{"id":86098,"section_number":"63.2-1509","catch_line":"Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1509\/"},{"id":80819,"section_number":"9.1-902","catch_line":"Offenses requiring registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-902\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170447,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82582,"identifier":"19.2-390","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390","url":"\/19.2-390\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-390\/","token":"19.2\/23\/19.2-390","dublin_core":{"Title":"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","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-390","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> 1. Every state official or agency having the power to <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span>, the sheriffs of counties, the police officials of cities and towns, and any other local <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> shall make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on forms provided by it, of any <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span>, including those <span class=\"dictionary\">arrests<\/span> involving the taking into <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of, or <span class=\"dictionary\">service of process<\/span> upon, any person on charges resulting from an <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">presentment<\/span> or information, the <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> on <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> or warrant for failure to appear, and the service of a warrant for another <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, for each charge when any person is arrested on any of the following charges:\n\t\t\ta. Treason;\n\t\t\tb. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>;\n\t\t\tc. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> punishable as a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> under Title 54.1;\n\t\t\td. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> punishable by confinement in jail (i) under Title 18.2 or 19.2, or any similar <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> of any county, city or town, (ii) under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Desertion or nonsupport of wife, husband or children in necessitous circumstances\" href=\"\/20-61\/\">20-61<\/a>, or (iii) under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Violation of provisions of protective orders; penalties\" href=\"\/16.1-253.2\/\">16.1-253.2<\/a>; or\n\t\t\te. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> in violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Cruelty to animals; penalty\" href=\"\/3.2-6570\/\">3.2-6570<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage while operating a school bus; penalty\" href=\"\/4.1-309.1\/\">4.1-309.1<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Operation of aircraft while under influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs; reckless operation\" href=\"\/5.1-13\/\">5.1-13<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Wearing of same or similar uniforms by unauthorized persons; penalty\" href=\"\/15.2-1612\/\">15.2-1612<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Sex offender or child abuser prohibited from operating or residing in family day home; penalty\" href=\"\/22.1-289.041\/\">22.1-289.041<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Qualifications of school bus operators; training; examination\" href=\"\/46.2-339\/\">46.2-339<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving while disqualified; penalties\" href=\"\/46.2-341.21\/\">46.2-341.21<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc\" href=\"\/46.2-341.24\/\">46.2-341.24<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Refusal of tests; issuance of out-of-service orders; disqualification\" href=\"\/46.2-341.26_3\/\">46.2-341.26:3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalties\" href=\"\/46.2-817\/\">46.2-817<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Treasurer or other person shall not use public money except as provided by law\" href=\"\/58.1-3141\/\">58.1-3141<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Larceny of tickets; fraudulent notification of prizes; penalty\" href=\"\/58.1-4018.1\/\">58.1-4018.1<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"False statements, etc., to obtain or increase benefits\" href=\"\/60.2-632\/\">60.2-632<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report\" href=\"\/63.2-1509\/\">63.2-1509<\/a>.\n\t\t\tThe reports shall contain such information as is required by the Exchange and shall be accompanied by fingerprints of the individual arrested for each charge. Effective January 1, 2006, the corresponding photograph of the individual arrested shall accompany the report. Fingerprint cards prepared by a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency for inclusion in a national criminal justice file shall be forwarded to the Exchange for transmittal to the appropriate bureau. Nothing in this section shall preclude each local <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency from maintaining its own separate photographic database. Fingerprints and photographs required to be taken pursuant to this subsection or subdivision A 3c of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Release of accused on secured or unsecured bond or promise to appear; conditions of release\" href=\"\/19.2-123\/\">19.2-123<\/a> may be taken at the facility where the <span class=\"dictionary\">magistrate<\/span> is located, including a regional jail, even if the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> is not committed to jail.\n\t\t\t<span class=\"dictionary\">Law<\/span>-enforcement agencies and clerks of <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall only submit reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange only for those <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> enumerated in this subsection. Only reports received for those <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> enumerated in this subsection shall be included in the Central Criminal Records Exchange. <a id=\"paragraph-295870\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> For persons arrested and released on summonses in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases\" href=\"\/19.2-73\/\">19.2-73<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace\" href=\"\/19.2-74\/\">19.2-74<\/a>, such report shall not be required until (i) a <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> is entered and no <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> is noted or if an <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> is noted, the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> is upheld upon <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> or the person convicted withdraws his <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span>; (ii) the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may be placed on local community-based probation; conditions; education and treatment programs; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-57.3\/\">18.2-57.3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-251\/\">18.2-251<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation\" href=\"\/19.2-303.2\/\">19.2-303.2<\/a>; or (iii) an <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span> by reason of <span class=\"dictionary\">insanity<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Verdict of acquittal by reason of insanity to state the fact; temporary custody and evaluation\" href=\"\/19.2-182.2\/\">19.2-182.2<\/a> is entered. Upon such <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">remand<\/span> the individual to the <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of the office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> of the county or city. It shall be the duty of the <span class=\"dictionary\">chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, or his designee who may be the arresting officer, to ensure that such report is completed for each charge after a determination of guilt or <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span> by reason of <span class=\"dictionary\">insanity<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall require the officer to complete the report immediately following the person&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span>, and the individual shall be discharged from <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> forthwith, unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> has imposed a jail sentence to be served by him or ordered him committed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. <a id=\"paragraph-295871\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> For persons arrested on a <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> for any <span class=\"dictionary\">allegation<\/span> of a violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt\" href=\"\/18.2-456\/\">18.2-456<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of suspension of sentence and probation\" href=\"\/19.2-306\/\">19.2-306<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of parole; hearing; procedure for parolee in another state; appointment of attorney\" href=\"\/53.1-165\/\">53.1-165<\/a>, a report shall be made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subdivision 1. Upon <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for such <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer for each such <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. <a id=\"paragraph-295872\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> For any person served with a show cause for any <span class=\"dictionary\">allegation<\/span> of a violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt\" href=\"\/18.2-456\/\">18.2-456<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of suspension of sentence and probation\" href=\"\/19.2-306\/\">19.2-306<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of parole; hearing; procedure for parolee in another state; appointment of attorney\" href=\"\/53.1-165\/\">53.1-165<\/a>, such report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not be required until such person is found to be in violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for such <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. Upon <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for such <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> that the fingerprints and photograph of such person be taken by a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer for each such <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. <a id=\"paragraph-295873\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> If the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> is in <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> when an <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">presentment<\/span> is found or made, or information is filed, and no process is awarded, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall so notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of such at the time of first <span class=\"dictionary\">appearance<\/span> for each <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">presentment<\/span>, or information for which a report is required upon <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> pursuant to subdivision 1, and the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> that the fingerprints and photograph of the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> be taken for each <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> by a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer or by the agency that has <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">accused<\/span> at the time of first <span class=\"dictionary\">appearance<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer or agency taking the fingerprints and photograph shall submit a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for each <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-295874\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Within 72 hours following the receipt of (i) a warrant or <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> for the arrest of any person on a charge of a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> or (ii) a Governor&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">warrant of arrest<\/span> of a person issued pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of Governor&#039;s warrant of arrest; its recitals\" href=\"\/19.2-92\/\">19.2-92<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency which received the warrant shall enter the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">information systems<\/span>&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Establishment of State Police communication system\" href=\"\/52-12\/\">52-12<\/a> et seq.) of Title 52 and the National <span class=\"dictionary\">Crime<\/span> Information Center (NCIC), maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report shall include the person&#8217;s name, date of birth, social security number and such other known information which the State Police or Federal Bureau of Investigation may require. Where feasible and practical, the <span class=\"dictionary\">magistrate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> issuing the warrant or <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> may transfer information electronically into VCIN. When the information is electronically transferred to VCIN, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">magistrate<\/span> shall forthwith forward the warrant or <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> to the local police department or sheriff&#8217;s office. When criminal process has been ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Submission of quarterly reports concerning unexecuted felony and misdemeanor warrants and other criminal process; destruction; dismissal\" href=\"\/19.2-76.1\/\">19.2-76.1<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency destroying such process shall ensure the removal of any information relating to the destroyed criminal process from the VCIN and NCIC. <a id=\"paragraph-295875\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B1.<\/span> Within 72 hours following the receipt of a written statement issued by a <span class=\"dictionary\">parole<\/span> officer pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Arrest of probationer without warrant; written statement; timeframe for service of process\" href=\"\/53.1-149\/\">53.1-149<\/a> authorizing the arrest of a person who has violated the provisions of his <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency that received the written statement shall enter, or cause to be entered, the person&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">information systems<\/span>&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Establishment of State Police communication system\" href=\"\/52-12\/\">52-12<\/a> et seq.) of Title 52. <a id=\"paragraph-295876\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> For <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> not charged on a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases\" href=\"\/19.2-73\/\">19.2-73<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace\" href=\"\/19.2-74\/\">19.2-74<\/a>, the clerk of each <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall make an <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic report<\/span> to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of (i) any <span class=\"dictionary\">dismissal<\/span>, including a <span class=\"dictionary\">dismissal<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may be placed on local community-based probation; conditions; education and treatment programs; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-57.3\/\">18.2-57.3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-251\/\">18.2-251<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation\" href=\"\/19.2-303.2\/\">19.2-303.2<\/a>, indefinite postponement or <span class=\"dictionary\">continuance<\/span>, charge still pending due to mental incompetency or incapacity, deferral, <span class=\"dictionary\">nolle prosequi<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of, including any sentence imposed, or failure of a <span class=\"dictionary\">grand jury<\/span> to return a <span class=\"dictionary\">true bill<\/span> as to, any person charged with an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> listed in subsection A, including any action that may have resulted from an <span class=\"dictionary\">indictment<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">presentment<\/span> or information, or any <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> that the person is in violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> and (ii) any adjudication of delinquency based upon an act that, if committed by an adult, would require fingerprints to be filed pursuant to subsection A. For <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> listed in subsection A and charged on a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases\" href=\"\/19.2-73\/\">19.2-73<\/a> or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace\" href=\"\/19.2-74\/\">19.2-74<\/a>, such <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic report<\/span> by the clerk of each <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> to the Central Criminal Records Exchange may be submitted but shall not be required until (a) a <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> is entered and no <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> is noted or, if an <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> is noted, the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> is upheld upon <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> or the person convicted withdraws his <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span>; (b) the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may be placed on local community-based probation; conditions; education and treatment programs; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-57.3\/\">18.2-57.3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge\" href=\"\/18.2-251\/\">18.2-251<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation\" href=\"\/19.2-303.2\/\">19.2-303.2<\/a>; or (c) an <span class=\"dictionary\">acquittal<\/span> by reason of <span class=\"dictionary\">insanity<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Verdict of acquittal by reason of insanity to state the fact; temporary custody and evaluation\" href=\"\/19.2-182.2\/\">19.2-182.2<\/a> is entered. The clerk of each <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall make an <span class=\"dictionary\">electronic report<\/span> to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> that a person charged on a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> is in violation of the terms or conditions of a <span class=\"dictionary\">suspended sentence<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>. Upon <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of any person, including juveniles tried and convicted in the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand\" href=\"\/16.1-269.1\/\">16.1-269.1<\/a>, whether sentenced as adults or juveniles, for an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> for which registration is required as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Offenses requiring registration\" href=\"\/9.1-902\/\">9.1-902<\/a>, the clerk shall within seven days of sentencing submit a report to the Sex Offender and <span class=\"dictionary\">Crimes<\/span> Against <span class=\"dictionary\">Minors<\/span> Registry. The report to the Registry shall include the name of the person convicted and all aliases that he is known to have used, the date and locality of the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> for which registration is required, his date of birth, social security number, and last known address, and specific reference to the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> for which he was convicted. No report of <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> or adjudication in a district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall be filed unless the period allowed for an <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> has elapsed and no <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> has been perfected. In the event that the records in the office of any clerk show that any <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> or adjudication has been nullified in any manner, he shall also make a report of that <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> to the Exchange and, if appropriate, to the Registry. In addition, each clerk of a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, upon receipt of certification thereof from the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span>, shall report to the Exchange or the Registry, or to the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency making the arrest in the case of <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> not required to be reported to the Exchange, on forms provided by the Exchange or Registry, as the case may be, any reversal or other amendment to a prior sentence or <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> previously reported. When criminal process is ordered destroyed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Submission of quarterly reports concerning unexecuted felony and misdemeanor warrants and other criminal process; destruction; dismissal\" href=\"\/19.2-76.1\/\">19.2-76.1<\/a>, the clerk shall report such action to the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency that entered the warrant or <span class=\"dictionary\">capias<\/span> into the VCIN. <a id=\"paragraph-295877\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> In addition to those <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> enumerated in subsection A, the Central Criminal Records Exchange may receive, classify, and file any other fingerprints, photographs, and records of confinement submitted to it by any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections. Unless otherwise prohibited by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, any such fingerprints, photographs, and records received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange from any correctional institution or the Department of Corrections may be classified and filed as criminal history record information. <a id=\"paragraph-295878\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> Corrections officials, sheriffs, and jail superintendents of regional jails, responsible for maintaining correctional status information, as required by the regulations of the Department of Criminal Justice Services, with respect to individuals about whom reports have been made under the provisions of this chapter shall make reports of changes in correctional status information to the Central Criminal Records Exchange. The reports to the Exchange shall include any commitment to or release or escape from a state or local correctional facility, including commitment to or release from a <span class=\"dictionary\">parole<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">probation<\/span> agency. <a id=\"paragraph-295879\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"F\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">F.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">pardon<\/span>, reprieve or executive commutation of sentence by the Governor shall be reported to the Exchange by the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-295880\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#F\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"G\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">G.<\/span> Officials responsible for reporting <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> of charges, and correctional changes of status of individuals under this section, including those reports made to the Registry, shall adopt procedures reasonably designed at a minimum (i) to ensure that such reports are accurately made as soon as feasible by the most expeditious means and in no instance later than 30 days after occurrence of the <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> or correctional change of status and (ii) to report promptly any correction, deletion, or revision of the information. <a id=\"paragraph-295881\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#G\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"H\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">H.<\/span> Upon receiving a correction, deletion, or revision of information, the Central Criminal Records Exchange shall notify all criminal justice agencies known to have previously received the information. <a id=\"paragraph-295882\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#H\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"I\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">I.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>&#8221; means the chief of police of cities and towns and sheriffs of counties, unless a political subdivision has otherwise designated its <span class=\"dictionary\">chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> by appropriate resolution or <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, in which case the local designation shall be controlling.\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Electronic report<\/span>&#8221; means a report transmitted to, or otherwise forwarded to, the Central Criminal Records Exchange in an electronic format approved by the Exchange. The report shall contain the name of the person convicted and all aliases which he is known to have used, the date and locality of the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span>, his date of birth, social security number, last known address, and specific reference to the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> including the Virginia Code section and any subsection, the Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> code for the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span>, and the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> tracking number for the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> for which he was convicted. <a id=\"paragraph-295883\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-390\/#I\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS TO BE MADE BY LOCAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE,\nCLERKS OF COURT, SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS TO\nSTATE POLICE; MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY OTHER AGENCIES (\u00a7 19.2-390)\n\nA. 1. Every state official or agency having the power to arrest, the sheriffs of\ncounties, the police officials of cities and towns, and any other local\nlaw-enforcement officer or conservator of the peace having the power to arrest\nfor a felony shall make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on\nforms provided by it, of any arrest, including those arrests involving the\ntaking into custody of, or service of process upon, any person on charges\nresulting from an indictment, presentment or information, the arrest on capias\nor warrant for failure to appear, and the service of a warrant for another\njurisdiction, for each charge when any person is arrested on any of the\nfollowing charges:\n\t\t\ta. Treason;\n\t\t\tb. Any felony;\n\t\t\tc. Any offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Title 54.1;\n\t\t\td. Any misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail (i) under Title 18.2 or\n19.2, or any similar ordinance of any county, city or town, (ii) under \u00a7 20-61,\nor (iii) under \u00a7 16.1-253.2; or\n\t\t\te. Any offense in violation of \u00a7 3.2-6570, 4.1-309.1, 5.1-13, 15.2-1612,\n22.1-289.041, 46.2-339, 46.2-341.21, 46.2-341.24, 46.2-341.26:3, 46.2-817,\n58.1-3141, 58.1-4018.1, 60.2-632, or 63.2-1509.\n\t\t\tThe reports shall contain such information as is required by the Exchange and\nshall be accompanied by fingerprints of the individual arrested for each charge.\nEffective January 1, 2006, the corresponding photograph of the individual\narrested shall accompany the report. Fingerprint cards prepared by a\nlaw-enforcement agency for inclusion in a national criminal justice file shall\nbe forwarded to the Exchange for transmittal to the appropriate bureau. Nothing\nin this section shall preclude each local law-enforcement agency from\nmaintaining its own separate photographic database. Fingerprints and photographs\nrequired to be taken pursuant to this subsection or subdivision A 3c of \u00a7\n19.2-123 may be taken at the facility where the magistrate is located, including\na regional jail, even if the accused is not committed to jail.\n\t\t\tLaw-enforcement agencies and clerks of court shall only submit reports to the\nCentral Criminal Records Exchange only for those offenses enumerated in this\nsubsection. Only reports received for those offenses enumerated in this\nsubsection shall be included in the Central Criminal Records Exchange.\n\n   2. For persons arrested and released on summonses in accordance with\n   subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such report shall not be\n   required until (i) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or if an\n   appeal is noted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted\n   withdraws his appeal; (ii) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding\n   pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (iii) an acquittal\n   by reason of insanity pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. Upon such\n   conviction or acquittal, the court shall remand the individual to the custody\n   of the office of the chief law-enforcement officer of the county or city. It\n   shall be the duty of the chief law-enforcement officer, or his designee who\n   may be the arresting officer, to ensure that such report is completed for each\n   charge after a determination of guilt or acquittal by reason of insanity. The\n   court shall require the officer to complete the report immediately following\n   the person&#8217;s conviction or acquittal, and the individual shall be\n   discharged from custody forthwith, unless the court has imposed a jail\n   sentence to be served by him or ordered him committed to the custody of the\n   Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.\n\n   3. For persons arrested on a capias for any allegation of a violation of the\n   terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense\n   pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, a report shall be made to\n   the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subdivision 1. Upon finding\n   such person in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or\n   probation for such felony offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints\n   and photograph of such person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each\n   such offense and submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.\n\n   4. For any person served with a show cause for any allegation of a violation\n   of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony\n   offense pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-456, 19.2-306, or 53.1-165, such report to the\n   Central Criminal Records Exchange shall not be required until such person is\n   found to be in violation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or\n   probation for such felony offense. Upon finding such person in violation of\n   the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for such felony\n   offense, the court shall order that the fingerprints and photograph of such\n   person be taken by a law-enforcement officer for each such offense and\n   submitted to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.\n\n   5. If the accused is in custody when an indictment or presentment is found or\n   made, or information is filed, and no process is awarded, the attorney for the\n   Commonwealth shall so notify the court of such at the time of first appearance\n   for each indictment, presentment, or information for which a report is\n   required upon arrest pursuant to subdivision 1, and the court shall order that\n   the fingerprints and photograph of the accused be taken for each offense by a\n   law-enforcement officer or by the agency that has custody of the accused at\n   the time of first appearance. The law-enforcement officer or agency taking the\n   fingerprints and photograph shall submit a report to the Central Criminal\n   Records Exchange for each offense.\n\nB. Within 72 hours following the receipt of (i) a warrant or capias for the\narrest of any person on a charge of a felony or (ii) a Governor&#8217;s warrant\nof arrest of a person issued pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-92, the law-enforcement\nagency which received the warrant shall enter the person&#8217;s name and other\nappropriate information required by the Department of State Police into the\n&#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia Criminal Information\nNetwork (VCIN), established and maintained by the Department pursuant to Chapter\n2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52 and the National Crime Information Center\n(NCIC), maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report shall\ninclude the person&#8217;s name, date of birth, social security number and such\nother known information which the State Police or Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation may require. Where feasible and practical, the magistrate or court\nissuing the warrant or capias may transfer information electronically into VCIN.\nWhen the information is electronically transferred to VCIN, the court or\nmagistrate shall forthwith forward the warrant or capias to the local police\ndepartment or sheriff&#8217;s office. When criminal process has been ordered\ndestroyed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the law-enforcement agency destroying\nsuch process shall ensure the removal of any information relating to the\ndestroyed criminal process from the VCIN and NCIC.\n\nB1. Within 72 hours following the receipt of a written statement issued by a\nparole officer pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-149 authorizing the arrest of a person\nwho has violated the provisions of his probation, the law-enforcement agency\nthat received the written statement shall enter, or cause to be entered, the\nperson&#8217;s name and other appropriate information required by the Department\nof State Police into the &#8220;information systems&#8221; known as the Virginia\nCriminal Information Network (VCIN), established and maintained by the\nDepartment pursuant to Chapter 2 (&#xA7; 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52.\n\nC. For offenses not charged on a summons in accordance with subsection B of\n&#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, the clerk of each circuit court and district\ncourt shall make an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange\nof (i) any dismissal, including a dismissal pursuant to &#xA7; 18.2-57.3,\n18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2, indefinite postponement or continuance, charge still\npending due to mental incompetency or incapacity, deferral, nolle prosequi,\nacquittal, or conviction of, including any sentence imposed, or failure of a\ngrand jury to return a true bill as to, any person charged with an offense\nlisted in subsection A, including any action that may have resulted from an\nindictment, presentment or information, or any finding that the person is in\nviolation of the terms or conditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a\nfelony offense and (ii) any adjudication of delinquency based upon an act that,\nif committed by an adult, would require fingerprints to be filed pursuant to\nsubsection A. For offenses listed in subsection A and charged on a summons in\naccordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 19.2-73 or &#xA7; 19.2-74, such\nelectronic report by the clerk of each circuit court and district court to the\nCentral Criminal Records Exchange may be submitted but shall not be required\nuntil (a) a conviction is entered and no appeal is noted or, if an appeal is\nnoted, the conviction is upheld upon appeal or the person convicted withdraws\nhis appeal; (b) the court defers or dismisses the proceeding pursuant to &#xA7;\n18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, or 19.2-303.2; or (c) an acquittal by reason of insanity\npursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-182.2 is entered. The clerk of each circuit court shall\nmake an electronic report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of any\nfinding that a person charged on a summons is in violation of the terms or\nconditions of a suspended sentence or probation for a felony offense. Upon\nconviction of any person, including juveniles tried and convicted in the circuit\ncourts pursuant to &#xA7; 16.1-269.1, whether sentenced as adults or juveniles,\nfor an offense for which registration is required as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-902,\nthe clerk shall within seven days of sentencing submit a report to the Sex\nOffender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The report to the Registry shall\ninclude the name of the person convicted and all aliases that he is known to\nhave used, the date and locality of the conviction for which registration is\nrequired, his date of birth, social security number, and last known address, and\nspecific reference to the offense for which he was convicted. No report of\nconviction or adjudication in a district court shall be filed unless the period\nallowed for an appeal has elapsed and no appeal has been perfected. In the event\nthat the records in the office of any clerk show that any conviction or\nadjudication has been nullified in any manner, he shall also make a report of\nthat fact to the Exchange and, if appropriate, to the Registry. In addition,\neach clerk of a circuit court, upon receipt of certification thereof from the\nSupreme Court, shall report to the Exchange or the Registry, or to the\nlaw-enforcement agency making the arrest in the case of offenses not required to\nbe reported to the Exchange, on forms provided by the Exchange or Registry, as\nthe case may be, any reversal or other amendment to a prior sentence or\ndisposition previously reported. When criminal process is ordered destroyed\npursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-76.1, the clerk shall report such action to the\nlaw-enforcement agency that entered the warrant or capias into the VCIN.\n\nD. In addition to those offenses enumerated in subsection A, the Central\nCriminal Records Exchange may receive, classify, and file any other\nfingerprints, photographs, and records of confinement submitted to it by any\ncorrectional institution or the Department of Corrections. Unless otherwise\nprohibited by law, any such fingerprints, photographs, and records received by\nthe Central Criminal Records Exchange from any correctional institution or the\nDepartment of Corrections may be classified and filed as criminal history record\ninformation.\n\nE. Corrections officials, sheriffs, and jail superintendents of regional jails,\nresponsible for maintaining correctional status information, as required by the\nregulations of the Department of Criminal Justice Services, with respect to\nindividuals about whom reports have been made under the provisions of this\nchapter shall make reports of changes in correctional status information to the\nCentral Criminal Records Exchange. The reports to the Exchange shall include any\ncommitment to or release or escape from a state or local correctional facility,\nincluding commitment to or release from a parole or probation agency.\n\nF. Any pardon, reprieve or executive commutation of sentence by the Governor\nshall be reported to the Exchange by the office of the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nG. Officials responsible for reporting disposition of charges, and correctional\nchanges of status of individuals under this section, including those reports\nmade to the Registry, shall adopt procedures reasonably designed at a minimum\n(i) to ensure that such reports are accurately made as soon as feasible by the\nmost expeditious means and in no instance later than 30 days after occurrence of\nthe disposition or correctional change of status and (ii) to report promptly any\ncorrection, deletion, or revision of the information.\n\nH. Upon receiving a correction, deletion, or revision of information, the\nCentral Criminal Records Exchange shall notify all criminal justice agencies\nknown to have previously received the information.\n\nI. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Chief law-enforcement officer&#8221; means the chief of police of\ncities and towns and sheriffs of counties, unless a political subdivision has\notherwise designated its chief law-enforcement officer by appropriate resolution\nor ordinance, in which case the local designation shall be controlling.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Electronic report&#8221; means a report transmitted to, or otherwise\nforwarded to, the Central Criminal Records Exchange in an electronic format\napproved by the Exchange. The report shall contain the name of the person\nconvicted and all aliases which he is known to have used, the date and locality\nof the conviction, his date of birth, social security number, last known\naddress, and specific reference to the offense including the Virginia Code\nsection and any subsection, the Virginia crime code for the offense, and the\noffense tracking number for the offense for which he was convicted.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-19.3; 1966, c. 669; 1968, c. 724; 1970, c. 191;\n1971, Ex. Sess., c. 107; 1974, c. 575; 1975, cc. 495, 584; 1976, cc. 336, 572,\n771; 1978, cc. 467, 825; 1979, c. 378; 1981, c. 529; 1982, cc. 33, 535; 1990,\ncc. 100, 692; 1992, c. 391; 1993, cc. 448, 468, 926; 1994, cc. 362, 428, 432;\n1996, cc. 429, 755, 806, 914; 1997, cc. 27, 509, 747, 801; 2001, cc. 516, 536,\n565; 2003, cc. 27, 584, 727; 2004, cc. 284, 406; 2005, cc. 187, 229; 2008, cc.\n73, 246; 2009, cc. 249, 813, 840; 2010, c. 273; 2013, c. 614; 2018, cc. 51, 178;\n2019, cc. 115, 782, 783; 2020, cc. 91, 92, 860, 861; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524,\n542; 2025, c. 716.","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}}