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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73562</law_id><section_number>16.1-225</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for violation of confidentiality of records</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-3802</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Virginia Juvenile Justice Information System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of this chapter which require confidentiality of such records shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1976, c. 589; 1977, c. 360; 1988, c. 541.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
