{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/63.2-1530.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/63.2-1530.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/63.2-1530.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/63.2-1530.html"}],"law_id":59659,"edition_id":1,"section_id":59659,"structure_id":15622,"section_number":"63.2-1530","catch_line":"Virginia Child Protection Accountability System","history":"2009, c. 445; 2010, cc. 664, 726; 2012, cc. 113, 661.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (the System) is created to collect and make available to the public information on the response to reported cases of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. The Department shall establish and maintain the System. The Board shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.B\n\nThe following information shall, notwithstanding any state law regarding privacy or confidentiality of records, be included in the System and made available to the public via a website maintained by the Department and in print format:1\n\nFrom the Department: (i) the total number of complaints alleging child abuse, neglect, or a combination thereof received; (ii) the total number of complaints deemed valid pursuant to § 63.2-1508; (iii) the total number of complaints investigated by the Department pursuant to subsection I of §§ 63.2-1503 and 63.2-1505; (iv) the total number of cases determined to be founded cases of abuse or neglect; and (v) the total number of cases resulting in a finding that the complaint was founded resulting in administrative appeal. Information reported pursuant to clause (v) shall be reported by total number of appeals to the local department, total number of appeals to the Department, and total number of appeals by outcome of the appeal. For each category of information required by this subdivision, the Department shall also report the total number of cases by type of abuse; by gender, age, and race of the alleged victim; and by the nature of the relationship between the alleged victim and alleged abuser.2\n\nFrom the Department of State Police, annually, in a format approved by the Department of Social Services, arrest and disposition statistics for violations of §§ 18.2-48, 18.2-61, 18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, 18.2-67.1, 18.2-67.2, 18.2-67.3, 18.2-67.4, 18.2-355, 18.2-361, 18.2-366, 18.2-370 through 18.2-370.2, 18.2-371, 18.2-371.1, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1, 18.2-374.3, 18.2-387, and 40.1-103 for inclusion in the Child Protection Accountability System.3\n\nFrom every circuit court in the Commonwealth for which data is available through the statewide Case Management System: (i) the total number of (a) misdemeanor convictions appealed from the district court to the circuit court, (b) felony charges certified from the district court to the circuit court, and (c) charges brought by direct indictment in the circuit court that involve a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2; (ii) the total number of cases appealed, certified, or transferred to the court or brought by direct indictment in the circuit court involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 that result in a trial, including the number of bench trials and the number of jury trials; and (iii) the total number of trials involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 resulting in (a) a plea agreement, (b) transfer to another court, (c) a finding of not guilty, (d) conviction on a lesser included offense, or (e) conviction on all charges, by type of trial.4\n\nFrom the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, information on sentences imposed for offenses listed in subdivision 2, including (i) the name of the sentencing judge, (ii) the offense or offenses for which a sentence was imposed, (iii) the age of the victim and offender, (iv) the relationship between the victim and the offender, (v) the locality in which the offense occurred, (vi) the sentence imposed and the actual time served, (vii) whether the sentence was an upward or downward departure from the sentencing guidelines or within the sentencing guidelines, and (viii) the reasons given for the departure, if any, from the sentencing guidelines.5\n\nFrom the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, information by locality on cases from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts’ Case Management System involving (i) children alleged to be abused or neglected, including (a) the number of petitions filed, (b) the number of cases in which an emergency removal order was issued, (c) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order was issued prior to an adjudicatory hearing, (d) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order or a preliminary child protective order or both were issued at a preliminary hearing, and (e) the number of cases in which a preliminary child protective order or a child protective order was issued other than at a preliminary hearing; and (ii) family abuse cases, including (a) the number of family abuse emergency protective orders issued by magistrates and juvenile and domestic relations district courts pursuant to § 16.1-253.4, (b) the number of family abuse protective petitions filed, and (c) the number of family abuse protective orders issued pursuant to § 16.1-279.1.\n\t\t\t\tInformation required to be reported pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 5 shall be reported annually in a format approved by the Department of Social Services and aggregated by locality.C\n\nData collected pursuant to subsection B shall be made available to the public on a website established and maintained by the Department and shall also be made readily available to the public in print format. Information included in the System shall be presented in such a manner that no individual identifying information shall be included.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218486,"text":"The Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (the System) is created to collect and make available to the public information on the response to reported cases of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. The Department shall establish and maintain the System. The Board shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":218487,"text":"The following information shall, notwithstanding any state law regarding privacy or confidentiality of records, be included in the System and made available to the public via a website maintained by the Department and in print format:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":218488,"text":"From the Department: (i) the total number of complaints alleging child abuse, neglect, or a combination thereof received; (ii) the total number of complaints deemed valid pursuant to § 63.2-1508; (iii) the total number of complaints investigated by the Department pursuant to subsection I of §§ 63.2-1503 and 63.2-1505; (iv) the total number of cases determined to be founded cases of abuse or neglect; and (v) the total number of cases resulting in a finding that the complaint was founded resulting in administrative appeal. Information reported pursuant to clause (v) shall be reported by total number of appeals to the local department, total number of appeals to the Department, and total number of appeals by outcome of the appeal. For each category of information required by this subdivision, the Department shall also report the total number of cases by type of abuse; by gender, age, and race of the alleged victim; and by the nature of the relationship between the alleged victim and alleged abuser.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":218489,"text":"From the Department of State Police, annually, in a format approved by the Department of Social Services, arrest and disposition statistics for violations of §§ 18.2-48, 18.2-61, 18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, 18.2-67.1, 18.2-67.2, 18.2-67.3, 18.2-67.4, 18.2-355, 18.2-361, 18.2-366, 18.2-370 through 18.2-370.2, 18.2-371, 18.2-371.1, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1, 18.2-374.3, 18.2-387, and 40.1-103 for inclusion in the Child Protection Accountability System.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"B3"},"4":{"id":218490,"text":"From every circuit court in the Commonwealth for which data is available through the statewide Case Management System: (i) the total number of (a) misdemeanor convictions appealed from the district court to the circuit court, (b) felony charges certified from the district court to the circuit court, and (c) charges brought by direct indictment in the circuit court that involve a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2; (ii) the total number of cases appealed, certified, or transferred to the court or brought by direct indictment in the circuit court involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 that result in a trial, including the number of bench trials and the number of jury trials; and (iii) the total number of trials involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 resulting in (a) a plea agreement, (b) transfer to another court, (c) a finding of not guilty, (d) conviction on a lesser included offense, or (e) conviction on all charges, by type of trial.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"B3","prefix_anchor":"B3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"B4"},"5":{"id":218491,"text":"From the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, information on sentences imposed for offenses listed in subdivision 2, including (i) the name of the sentencing judge, (ii) the offense or offenses for which a sentence was imposed, (iii) the age of the victim and offender, (iv) the relationship between the victim and the offender, (v) the locality in which the offense occurred, (vi) the sentence imposed and the actual time served, (vii) whether the sentence was an upward or downward departure from the sentencing guidelines or within the sentencing guidelines, and (viii) the reasons given for the departure, if any, from the sentencing guidelines.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"B4","prefix_anchor":"B4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B3","next_prefix":"B5"},"6":{"id":218492,"text":"From the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, information by locality on cases from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts’ Case Management System involving (i) children alleged to be abused or neglected, including (a) the number of petitions filed, (b) the number of cases in which an emergency removal order was issued, (c) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order was issued prior to an adjudicatory hearing, (d) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order or a preliminary child protective order or both were issued at a preliminary hearing, and (e) the number of cases in which a preliminary child protective order or a child protective order was issued other than at a preliminary hearing; and (ii) family abuse cases, including (a) the number of family abuse emergency protective orders issued by magistrates and juvenile and domestic relations district courts pursuant to § 16.1-253.4, (b) the number of family abuse protective petitions filed, and (c) the number of family abuse protective orders issued pursuant to § 16.1-279.1.\n\t\t\t\tInformation required to be reported pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 5 shall be reported annually in a format approved by the Department of Social Services and aggregated by locality.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"B5","prefix_anchor":"B5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B4","next_prefix":"C"},"7":{"id":218493,"text":"Data collected pursuant to subsection B shall be made available to the public on a website established and maintained by the Department and shall also be made readily available to the public in print format. 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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 445<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapters 664<\/a> and 726<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 113<\/a> and 661<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62558,"section_number":"17.1-275.12","catch_line":"Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.12\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60177,"section_number":"16.1-253.4","catch_line":"Emergency protective orders authorized in certain cases; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-253.4\/"},{"id":62456,"section_number":"16.1-279.1","catch_line":"Protective order in cases of family abuse","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-279.1\/"},{"id":57212,"section_number":"18.2-355","catch_line":"Taking, detaining, etc., person for prostitution, etc., or consenting thereto; human trafficking","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-355\/"},{"id":55287,"section_number":"18.2-361","catch_line":"Crimes against nature; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-361\/"},{"id":76153,"section_number":"18.2-366","catch_line":"Sexual intercourse by persons forbidden to marry; incest; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-366\/"},{"id":60265,"section_number":"18.2-370","catch_line":"Taking indecent liberties with children; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-370\/"},{"id":86551,"section_number":"18.2-370.2","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-370.2\/"},{"id":66060,"section_number":"18.2-371","catch_line":"Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infant","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-371\/"},{"id":65049,"section_number":"18.2-371.1","catch_line":"Abuse and neglect of children; penalties; abandoned infant","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-371.1\/"},{"id":61326,"section_number":"18.2-374.1","catch_line":"Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; presumption as to age","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-374.1\/"},{"id":63653,"section_number":"18.2-374.1:1","catch_line":"Possession, reproduction, distribution, solicitation, and facilitation of child pornography; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-374.1_1\/"},{"id":77778,"section_number":"18.2-374.3","catch_line":"Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-374.3\/"},{"id":68125,"section_number":"18.2-387","catch_line":"Indecent exposure","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-387\/"},{"id":59389,"section_number":"18.2-48","catch_line":"Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-48\/"},{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":76651,"section_number":"18.2-63","catch_line":"Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-63\/"},{"id":67558,"section_number":"18.2-64.1","catch_line":"Carnal knowledge of certain minors","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-64.1\/"},{"id":73623,"section_number":"18.2-67.1","catch_line":"Forcible sodomy","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.1\/"},{"id":73072,"section_number":"18.2-67.2","catch_line":"Object sexual penetration; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.2\/"},{"id":85126,"section_number":"18.2-67.3","catch_line":"Aggravated sexual battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.3\/"},{"id":67699,"section_number":"18.2-67.4","catch_line":"Sexual battery","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.4\/"},{"id":63705,"section_number":"40.1-103","catch_line":"Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-103\/"},{"id":69022,"section_number":"63.2-1503","catch_line":"Local departments to establish child-protective services; duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1503\/"},{"id":73140,"section_number":"63.2-1505","catch_line":"Investigations by local departments","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1505\/"},{"id":78112,"section_number":"63.2-1508","catch_line":"Valid report or complaint","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1508\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59659,"identifier":"63.2-1530","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/6\/63.2-1530","url":"\/63.2-1530\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1530\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/6\/63.2-1530","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Child Protection Accountability System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1530","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Virginia Child<\/span> Protection Accountability System (the System) is created to collect and make available to the public information on the response to reported cases of child<\/span> abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. The Department<\/span> shall establish and maintain the System. The Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The following information shall, notwithstanding any state law<\/span> regarding privacy or confidentiality of records, be included in the System and made available to the public via a website maintained by the Department<\/span> and in print format: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> From the Department: (i) the total number of complaints alleging child<\/span> abuse, neglect, or a combination thereof received; (ii) the total number of complaints deemed valid pursuant to § 63.2-1508<\/a>; (iii) the total number of complaints investigated by the Department pursuant to subsection I of §§ 63.2-1503<\/a> and 63.2-1505<\/a>; (iv) the total number of cases determined to be founded cases of abuse or neglect; and (v) the total number of cases resulting in a finding<\/span> that the complaint was founded resulting in administrative appeal<\/span>. Information reported pursuant to clause (v) shall be reported by total number of appeals<\/span> to the local department<\/span>, total number of appeals<\/span> to the Department, and total number of appeals<\/span> by outcome of the appeal<\/span>. For each category of information required by this subdivision, the Department shall also report the total number of cases by type of abuse; by gender, age, and race of the alleged victim; and by the nature of the relationship between the alleged victim and alleged abuser. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> From the Department of State Police, annually, in a format approved by the Department of Social Services<\/span>, arrest<\/span> and disposition<\/span> statistics for violations of §§ 18.2-48<\/a>, 18.2-61<\/a>, 18.2-63<\/a>, 18.2-64.1<\/a>, 18.2-67.1<\/a>, 18.2-67.2<\/a>, 18.2-67.3<\/a>, 18.2-67.4<\/a>, 18.2-355<\/a>, 18.2-361<\/a>, 18.2-366<\/a>, 18.2-370<\/a> through 18.2-370.2<\/a>, 18.2-371<\/a>, 18.2-371.1<\/a>, 18.2-374.1<\/a>, 18.2-374.1:1<\/a>, 18.2-374.3<\/a>, 18.2-387<\/a>, and 40.1-103<\/a> for inclusion in the Child<\/span> Protection Accountability System. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> From every circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in the Commonwealth for which data is available through the statewide Case Management System: (i) the total number of (a) misdemeanor<\/span> convictions<\/span> appealed from the district court<\/span> to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, (b) felony<\/span> charges certified from the district court<\/span> to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, and (c) charges brought by direct indictment<\/span> in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> that involve a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2; (ii) the total number of cases appealed, certified, or transferred to the court<\/span> or brought by direct indictment<\/span> in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 that result in a trial<\/span>, including the number of bench trials<\/span> and the number of jury trials<\/span>; and (iii) the total number of trials involving a violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2 resulting in (a) a plea<\/span> agreement, (b) transfer to another court<\/span>, (c) a finding<\/span> of not guilty, (d) conviction<\/span> on a lesser included offense<\/span>, or (e) conviction<\/span> on all charges, by type of trial<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> From the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, information on sentences imposed for offenses<\/span> listed in subdivision 2, including (i) the name of the sentencing judge<\/span>, (ii) the offense or offenses<\/span> for which a sentence was imposed, (iii) the age of the victim and offender, (iv) the relationship between the victim and the offender, (v) the locality in which the offense occurred, (vi) the sentence imposed and the actual time served, (vii) whether the sentence was an upward or downward departure from the sentencing guidelines<\/span> or within the sentencing guidelines<\/span>, and (viii) the reasons given for the departure, if any, from the sentencing guidelines<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> From the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia, information by locality on cases from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts<\/span>’ Case Management System involving (i) children alleged to be abused or neglected, including (a) the number of petitions<\/span> filed, (b) the number of cases in which an emergency removal order<\/span> was issued, (c) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order<\/span> was issued prior to an adjudicatory hearing, (d) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order<\/span> or a preliminary child<\/span> protective order<\/span> or both were issued at a preliminary hearing<\/span>, and (e) the number of cases in which a preliminary child<\/span> protective order<\/span> or a child<\/span> protective order<\/span> was issued other than at a preliminary hearing<\/span>; and (ii) family abuse cases, including (a) the number of family abuse emergency protective orders<\/span> issued by magistrates<\/span> and juvenile and domestic relations district courts<\/span> pursuant to § 16.1-253.4<\/a>, (b) the number of family abuse protective petitions<\/span> filed, and (c) the number of family abuse protective orders<\/span> issued pursuant to § 16.1-279.1<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\tInformation required to be reported pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 5 shall be reported annually in a format approved by the Department of Social Services<\/span> and aggregated by locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Data collected pursuant to subsection B shall be made available to the public on a website established and maintained by the Department and shall also be made readily available to the public in print format. Information included in the System shall be presented in such a manner that no individual identifying information shall be included. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA CHILD PROTECTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM (\u00a7 63.2-1530)\n\nA. The Virginia Child Protection Accountability System (the System) is created\nto collect and make available to the public information on the response to\nreported cases of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth. The Department\nshall establish and maintain the System. The Board shall promulgate regulations\nto implement the provisions of this section.\n\nB. The following information shall, notwithstanding any state law regarding\nprivacy or confidentiality of records, be included in the System and made\navailable to the public via a website maintained by the Department and in print\nformat:\n\n 1. From the Department: (i) the total number of complaints alleging child\n abuse, neglect, or a combination thereof received; (ii) the total number of\n complaints deemed valid pursuant to § 63.2-1508; (iii) the total number\n of complaints investigated by the Department pursuant to subsection I of\n §§ 63.2-1503 and 63.2-1505; (iv) the total number of cases\n determined to be founded cases of abuse or neglect; and (v) the total number\n of cases resulting in a finding that the complaint was founded resulting in\n administrative appeal. Information reported pursuant to clause (v) shall be\n reported by total number of appeals to the local department, total number of\n appeals to the Department, and total number of appeals by outcome of the\n appeal. For each category of information required by this subdivision, the\n Department shall also report the total number of cases by type of abuse; by\n gender, age, and race of the alleged victim; and by the nature of the\n relationship between the alleged victim and alleged abuser.\n\n 2. From the Department of State Police, annually, in a format approved by the\n Department of Social Services, arrest and disposition statistics for\n violations of §§ 18.2-48, 18.2-61, 18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, 18.2-67.1,\n 18.2-67.2, 18.2-67.3, 18.2-67.4, 18.2-355, 18.2-361, 18.2-366, 18.2-370\n through 18.2-370.2, 18.2-371, 18.2-371.1, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1,\n 18.2-374.3, 18.2-387, and 40.1-103 for inclusion in the Child Protection\n Accountability System.\n\n 3. From every circuit court in the Commonwealth for which data is available\n through the statewide Case Management System: (i) the total number of (a)\n misdemeanor convictions appealed from the district court to the circuit court,\n (b) felony charges certified from the district court to the circuit court, and\n (c) charges brought by direct indictment in the circuit court that involve a\n violation of any Code section set forth in subdivision 2; (ii) the total\n number of cases appealed, certified, or transferred to the court or brought by\n direct indictment in the circuit court involving a violation of any Code\n section set forth in subdivision 2 that result in a trial, including the\n number of bench trials and the number of jury trials; and (iii) the total\n number of trials involving a violation of any Code section set forth in\n subdivision 2 resulting in (a) a plea agreement, (b) transfer to another\n court, (c) a finding of not guilty, (d) conviction on a lesser included\n offense, or (e) conviction on all charges, by type of trial.\n\n 4. From the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, information on sentences\n imposed for offenses listed in subdivision 2, including (i) the name of the\n sentencing judge, (ii) the offense or offenses for which a sentence was\n imposed, (iii) the age of the victim and offender, (iv) the relationship\n between the victim and the offender, (v) the locality in which the offense\n occurred, (vi) the sentence imposed and the actual time served, (vii) whether\n the sentence was an upward or downward departure from the sentencing\n guidelines or within the sentencing guidelines, and (viii) the reasons given\n for the departure, if any, from the sentencing guidelines.\n\n 5. From the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of\n Virginia, information by locality on cases from the Juvenile and Domestic\n Relations District Courts’ Case Management System involving (i) children\n alleged to be abused or neglected, including (a) the number of petitions\n filed, (b) the number of cases in which an emergency removal order was issued,\n (c) the number of cases in which a preliminary removal order was issued prior\n to an adjudicatory hearing, (d) the number of cases in which a preliminary\n removal order or a preliminary child protective order or both were issued at a\n preliminary hearing, and (e) the number of cases in which a preliminary child\n protective order or a child protective order was issued other than at a\n preliminary hearing; and (ii) family abuse cases, including (a) the number of\n family abuse emergency protective orders issued by magistrates and juvenile\n and domestic relations district courts pursuant to § 16.1-253.4, (b) the\n number of family abuse protective petitions filed, and (c) the number of\n family abuse protective orders issued pursuant to § 16.1-279.1.\n \t\t\t\tInformation required to be reported pursuant to subdivisions 1 through 5\n shall be reported annually in a format approved by the Department of Social\n Services and aggregated by locality.\n\nC. Data collected pursuant to subsection B shall be made available to the public\non a website established and maintained by the Department and shall also be made\nreadily available to the public in print format. Information included in the\nSystem shall be presented in such a manner that no individual identifying\ninformation shall be included.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 445; 2010, cc. 664, 726; 2012, cc. 113, 661.","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}}