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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84235</law_id><section_number>16.1-299</section_number><catch_line>(Effective until July 1, 2026) Fingerprints and photographs of juveniles</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>16.1-278.8</reference><reference>16.1-278.9</reference><reference>16.1-285.2</reference><reference>16.1-309</reference><reference>16.1-309.1</reference><reference>16.1-330.1</reference><reference>16.1-337</reference><reference>19.2-388</reference><reference>19.2-389.1</reference><reference>22.1-279.3:1</reference><reference>9.1-126</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="12">Confidentiality and Expungement</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> All duly constituted police authorities having the power of <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> shall take fingerprints and photographs of any juvenile who is taken into <span class="dictionary">custody</span> and charged with a <span class="dictionary">delinquent act</span> an <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> for which, if committed by an <span class="dictionary">adult</span>, is required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies" href="/19.2-390/">19.2-390</a>. Whenever fingerprints are taken, they shall be maintained separately from <span class="dictionary">adult</span> records and a copy shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> on forms provided by the Central Criminal Records Exchange. <a id="paragraph-301965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-299/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a juvenile of any age (i) is convicted of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, (ii) is adjudicated delinquent of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that would be a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> if committed by an <span class="dictionary">adult</span>, (iii) has a case involving an <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, which would be a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> if committed by an <span class="dictionary">adult</span>, that is dismissed pursuant to the deferred <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Delinquent juveniles" href="/16.1-278.8/">16.1-278.8</a>, or (iv) is convicted or adjudicated delinquent of any other <span class="dictionary">offense</span> for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required by subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies" href="/19.2-390/">19.2-390</a> if the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> were committed by an <span class="dictionary">adult</span>, copies of his fingerprints and a report of the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> shall be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> making the <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> by the clerk of <span class="dictionary">the court</span> which heard the case. <a id="paragraph-301966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-299/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or warrant is not filed against a juvenile whose fingerprints or photographs have been taken in connection with an alleged violation of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the fingerprint card, all copies of the fingerprints and all photographs shall be destroyed 60 days after fingerprints were taken. If a juvenile charged with a <span class="dictionary">delinquent act</span> other than a <span class="dictionary">violent juvenile felony</span> or a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> ancillary thereto is found not guilty, or in any other case resulting in a <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> for which fingerprints are not required to be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">order</span> that the fingerprint card, all copies of the fingerprints and all photographs be destroyed within six months of the date of <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the case. <a id="paragraph-301967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-299/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 383; 1979, c. 267; 1982, c. 514; 1985, c. 211; 1986, c. 264; 1993, cc. 468, 926; 1994, cc. 859, 949; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 657; 2000, c. 431; 2004, c. 464; 2008, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
