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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 465<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76628,"section_number":"2.2-3706","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3706\/"},{"id":78370,"section_number":"2.2-3706.1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disclosure of law-enforcement records; criminal incident information and certain criminal investigative files; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3706.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84742,"identifier":"19.2-392.3:1","token":"19.2\/23.1\/19.2-392.3_1","url":"\/19.2-392.3_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-392.3_1\/","token":"19.2\/23.1\/19.2-392.3_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Motion for the disclosure of expunged police and court records in a civil case","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-392.3:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In action for damages<\/span> against a locality or a law<\/span>-enforcement officer arising out of or relating to charges where a petition<\/span> for the expungement of police and court<\/span> records for such charges is pending or where the police and court<\/span> records have been expunged, any party<\/span> to such action may file a motion<\/span> in the court<\/span> in which the action is pending, or in the court<\/span> where the petition<\/span> for the expungement of police and court<\/span> records was or is pending, for the release of the expunged records for use in the civil litigation<\/span>, and, upon motion<\/span> and for good cause shown, such police and court<\/span> records shall be ordered to be released and the penalties set forth in this chapter relating to disclosure of such expunged records shall not apply.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMOTION FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF EXPUNGED POLICE AND COURT RECORDS IN A CIVIL CASE\n(\u00a7 19.2-392.3:1)\n\nIn action for damages against a locality or a law-enforcement officer arising\nout of or relating to charges where a petition for the expungement of police and\ncourt records for such charges is pending or where the police and court records\nhave been expunged, any party to such action may file a motion in the court in\nwhich the action is pending, or in the court where the petition for the\nexpungement of police and court records was or is pending, for the release of\nthe expunged records for use in the civil litigation, and, upon motion and for\ngood cause shown, such police and court records shall be ordered to be released\nand the penalties set forth in this chapter relating to disclosure of such\nexpunged records shall not apply.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 465.","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}}