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If the person is serving a sentence for an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390, such photographs, fingerprints, and description of such person received by the Department shall be provided to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information of that person. Subject to the provisions of §§ 19.2-387 through 19.2-392, the Department shall cooperate with federal, state, county, and city law-enforcement agencies, insofar as it may deem proper, in disclosing information concerning such persons and in the taking of fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with the commission of an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390.B\n\nThe Department shall review each person’s criminal history record at least 60 days prior to his scheduled release from a state correctional facility to determine whether all offenses for which that person has been committed appear on such record and, if any such offense that is required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to § 19.2-390 does not appear, (i) take and provide fingerprints and a photograph of the person to the Central Criminal Records Exchange to be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information pursuant to subsection D of § 19.2-390 and (ii) provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal Records Exchange within the Department of State Police that such offense does not appear on the offender’s criminal history record.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":233646,"text":"Photographs, fingerprints, and a description of each person received by the Department shall be taken and filed for identification purposes. If the person is serving a sentence for an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390, such photographs, fingerprints, and description of such person received by the Department shall be provided to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and, unless otherwise prohibited by law, may be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information of that person. Subject to the provisions of §§ 19.2-387 through 19.2-392, the Department shall cooperate with federal, state, county, and city law-enforcement agencies, insofar as it may deem proper, in disclosing information concerning such persons and in the taking of fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with the commission of an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":233647,"text":"The Department shall review each person’s criminal history record at least 60 days prior to his scheduled release from a state correctional facility to determine whether all offenses for which that person has been committed appear on such record and, if any such offense that is required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to § 19.2-390 does not appear, (i) take and provide fingerprints and a photograph of the person to the Central Criminal Records Exchange to be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information pursuant to subsection D of § 19.2-390 and (ii) provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal Records Exchange within the Department of State Police that such offense does not appear on the offender’s criminal history record.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12719,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12718,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237863,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12719,"identifier":"1","token":"53.1\/2\/1","url":"\/53.1\/2\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12718,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Correctional Facilities","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12717,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237861,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12718,"identifier":"2","token":"53.1\/2","url":"\/53.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12717,"edition_id":1,"name":"Prisons and Other Methods of Correction","identifier":"53.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12717,"identifier":"53.1","token":"53.1","url":"\/53.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":53940,"structure_id":12719,"section_number":"53.1-18","catch_line":"Department to have custody of property; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 648; in 1982, chapter 636; in 2019, chapters 782<\/a> and 783<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85019,"section_number":"19.2-388","catch_line":"Duties and authority of Exchange","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-388\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60081,"section_number":"19.2-387","catch_line":"Exchange to operate as a division of Department of State Police; authority of Superintendent of State Police","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-387\/"},{"id":82582,"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-390\/"},{"id":80211,"section_number":"19.2-392","catch_line":"Fingerprints and photographs by police authorities","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237889,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64179,"identifier":"53.1-23","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-23","url":"\/53.1-23\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-23\/","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-23","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fingerprints, photographs and description","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-23","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Photographs, fingerprints, and a description of each person received by the Department<\/span> shall be taken and filed for identification purposes. If the person is serving a sentence for an offense<\/span> for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390<\/a>, such photographs, fingerprints, and description of such person received by the Department<\/span> shall be provided to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and, unless otherwise prohibited by law<\/span>, may be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information of that person. Subject to the provisions of §§ 19.2-387<\/a> through 19.2-392<\/a>, the Department<\/span> shall cooperate with federal, state, county, and city law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, insofar as it may deem proper, in disclosing information concerning such persons and in the taking of fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with the commission of an offense<\/span> for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall review each person’s criminal history record at least 60 days prior to his scheduled release from a state correctional facility<\/span> to determine whether all offenses<\/span> for which that person has been committed appear on such record and, if any such offense<\/span> that is required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to § 19.2-390<\/a> does not appear, (i) take and provide fingerprints and a photograph of the person to the Central Criminal Records Exchange to be classified and filed as part of the criminal history record information pursuant to subsection D of § 19.2-390<\/a> and (ii) provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal Records Exchange within the Department<\/span> of State Police that such offense<\/span> does not appear on the offender’s criminal history record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINGERPRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTION (\u00a7 53.1-23)\n\nA. Photographs, fingerprints, and a description of each person received by the\nDepartment shall be taken and filed for identification purposes. If the person\nis serving a sentence for an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal\nRecords Exchange is required under subsection A of § 19.2-390, such\nphotographs, fingerprints, and description of such person received by the\nDepartment shall be provided to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and,\nunless otherwise prohibited by law, may be classified and filed as part of the\ncriminal history record information of that person. Subject to the provisions of\n§§ 19.2-387 through 19.2-392, the Department shall cooperate with\nfederal, state, county, and city law-enforcement agencies, insofar as it may\ndeem proper, in disclosing information concerning such persons and in the taking\nof fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with the commission of an\noffense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required\nunder subsection A of § 19.2-390.\n\nB. The Department shall review each person’s criminal history record at\nleast 60 days prior to his scheduled release from a state correctional facility\nto determine whether all offenses for which that person has been committed\nappear on such record and, if any such offense that is required to be reported\nto the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to § 19.2-390 does not\nappear, (i) take and provide fingerprints and a photograph of the person to the\nCentral Criminal Records Exchange to be classified and filed as part of the\ncriminal history record information pursuant to subsection D of § 19.2-390\nand (ii) provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal\nRecords Exchange within the Department of State Police that such offense does\nnot appear on the offender’s criminal history record.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-40; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2019, cc. 782, 783.","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}}