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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 859<\/a> and 949<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75164,"section_number":"16.1-285.1","catch_line":"Commitment of serious offenders","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-285.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67748,"identifier":"66-25.2","token":"66\/2\/66-25.2","url":"\/66-25.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-25.2\/","token":"66\/2\/66-25.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to be given prior to release of serious offenders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-25.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prior to the release of any juvenile committed pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-285.1<\/a>, the Department<\/span> shall have notice of the release delivered by first-class mail to the court<\/span> which committed the juvenile, to the last known address of any victim of the offense<\/span> for which the juvenile was committed if such victim has submitted a written request for notification to the Department<\/span>, and to the sheriff, chief of police, and attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction<\/span> (i) in which the offense<\/span> occurred, (ii) in which the juvenile resided prior to commitment, and (iii) if different from (i) and (ii), in which the juvenile intends to reside subsequent to being released.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO BE GIVEN PRIOR TO RELEASE OF SERIOUS OFFENDERS (\u00a7 66-25.2)\n\nPrior to the release of any juvenile committed pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-285.1, the\nDepartment shall have notice of the release delivered by first-class mail to the\ncourt which committed the juvenile, to the last known address of any victim of\nthe offense for which the juvenile was committed if such victim has submitted a\nwritten request for notification to the Department, and to the sheriff, chief of\npolice, and attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction (i) in which the\noffense occurred, (ii) in which the juvenile resided prior to commitment, and\n(iii) if different from (i) and (ii), in which the juvenile intends to reside\nsubsequent to being released.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 859, 949.","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}}