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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55813</law_id><section_number>16.1-269.2</section_number><catch_line>Admissibility of statement; investigation and report; bail</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-269.1</reference><reference>16.1-269.6</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="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Transfer and Waiver</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Statements made by the juvenile at the transfer <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> provided for under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a> shall not be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> against him over objection in any criminal proceedings following the transfer, except for purposes of <span class="dictionary">impeachment</span>. <a id="paragraph-204439" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-269.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Prior to a transfer hearing pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a> or a <span class="dictionary">preliminary hearing</span> pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a>, a study and report to <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, in writing, relevant to the factors set out in subdivision A 4 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a>, as well as an assessment of any affiliation with a criminal street gang as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/18.2-46.1/">18.2-46.1</a>, shall be made by the <span class="dictionary">probation</span> services or other qualified agency designated by <span class="dictionary">the court</span>. Such report shall include any relevant information supporting an <span class="dictionary">allegation</span> that the juvenile was a victim of felonious criminal sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> in violation of Article 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rape" href="/18.2-61/">18.2-61</a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 or trafficking in violation of Article 3 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Repealed" href="/18.2-344/">18.2-344</a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 by the alleged victim. It is the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of the General Assembly that these juveniles be viewed as victims and provided treatment and services in the juvenile system. Upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the attorney for the Commonwealth for a transfer hearing pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand" href="/16.1-269.1/">16.1-269.1</a>, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall provide notice to the designated <span class="dictionary">probation</span> services or other qualified agency of the need for a transfer report. <span class="dictionary">Counsel</span> for the juvenile and the attorney for the Commonwealth shall have full access to the study and report and any other report or data concerning the juvenile which are available to <span class="dictionary">the court</span>. <span class="dictionary">The court</span> shall not consider the report until a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> has been made concerning <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span>. If <span class="dictionary">the court</span> so <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, the study and report may be expanded to include matters provided for in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court may require investigation of social history and preparation of victim impact statement" href="/16.1-273/">16.1-273</a>, whereupon it may also serve as the report required by this subsection, but on the condition that it will not be submitted to <span class="dictionary">the judge</span> who will preside at any subsequent <span class="dictionary">hearings</span> except as provided for by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-204440" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-269.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> After the completion of the hearing, whether or not the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> decides to retain <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the juvenile or transfer such juvenile for criminal proceedings in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court, the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> shall set <span class="dictionary">bail</span> for the juvenile in accordance with Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a> et seq.) of Title 19.2, if <span class="dictionary">bail</span> has not already been set. <a id="paragraph-204441" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-269.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, cc. 859, 949; 1999, c. 350; 2005, cc. 590, 843; 2020, cc. 987, 988; 2024, c. 365.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
