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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57857</law_id><section_number>16.1-271</section_number><catch_line>Subsequent offenses by juvenile</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="7">Transfer and Waiver</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Conviction</span> of a juvenile as an <span class="dictionary">adult</span> pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall preclude the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> from taking <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of such juvenile for subsequent <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed by that juvenile.
		Any juvenile who is tried and convicted in a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court as an <span class="dictionary">adult</span> under the provisions of this article shall be considered and treated as an <span class="dictionary">adult</span> in any criminal proceeding resulting from any alleged future criminal acts and any pending <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> of delinquency which have not been disposed of by the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> at the time of the criminal <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>.
		All procedures and <span class="dictionary">dispositions</span> applicable to <span class="dictionary">adults</span> charged with such a criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span> shall apply in such cases, including, but not limited to, <span class="dictionary">arrest</span>; <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> determination by a <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> or <span class="dictionary">grand jury</span>; the use of a warrant, <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, or <span class="dictionary">capias</span> instead of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to initiate the case; <span class="dictionary">adult</span> <span class="dictionary">bail</span>; <span class="dictionary">preliminary hearing</span> and right to <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> provisions; <span class="dictionary">trial</span> in a court having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over <span class="dictionary">adults</span>; and <span class="dictionary">trial</span> and sentencing as an <span class="dictionary">adult</span>. The provisions of this article regarding a transfer hearing shall not be applicable to such juveniles.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 559; 1989, c. 675; 1990, c. 668; 1994, cc. 859, 949; 2007, c. 221.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
