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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70154</law_id><section_number>16.1-249.1</section_number><catch_line>Places of confinement to give notice of intake of certain persons</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Immediate Custody, Arrest, Detention and Shelter Care</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> At the time of receipt of any person, for whom registration with the Sex Offender and <span class="dictionary">Crimes</span> Against <span class="dictionary">Minors</span> Registry is required pursuant to Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purpose of the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry" href="/9.1-900/">9.1-900</a> et seq.) of Title 9.1 into a <span class="dictionary">secure facility</span>, the <span class="dictionary">secure facility</span> shall obtain from that person all necessary registration information, including fingerprints and photographs of a type and kind approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of State Police. A person required to register shall register and submit to be photographed as part of the registration. The facility shall forthwith forward the registration information to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of State Police on the date of the receipt of the prisoner. <a id="paragraph-253300" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-249.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whenever a person required to register has failed to comply with the provisions of subsection A, the facility shall promptly investigate or request the State Police promptly investigate and, if there is <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> to believe a violation has occurred, obtain a warrant, or assist in obtaining an <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> charging a violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Providing false information or failing to provide registration information; penalty; prima facie evidence" href="/18.2-472.1/">18.2-472.1</a> in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the person was received. The facility shall notify the State Police forthwith of such actions taken pursuant to this section. <a id="paragraph-253301" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-249.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, cc. 857, 914.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
