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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61575</law_id><section_number>16.1-305.1</section_number><catch_line>Disclosure of disposition in certain delinquency cases</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-305.2</reference><reference>16.1-309</reference><reference>22.1-277</reference><reference>22.1-288.2</reference><reference>22.1-289</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><p>Upon a court&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of a proceeding where a juvenile is charged with a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> listed in subsection G of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Intake; petition; investigation" href="/16.1-260/">16.1-260</a> in which a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, convicted, found not guilty or the charges are reduced, the clerk of <span class="dictionary">the court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> is entered shall, within 15 days of the expiration of the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> period, if there has been no notice of an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, provide written notice of the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> ordered by <span class="dictionary">the court</span>, including the nature of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> upon which the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> was based, to the superintendent of the school division in which the child is enrolled at the time of the <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> or, if he is not then enrolled in school, the division in which he was enrolled at the time of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. If <span class="dictionary">the court</span> defers <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>, or the charges are <span class="dictionary">nolle prosequi</span>, withdrawn, or dismissed the clerk shall, within 15 days of such action, provide written notice of such action to the superintendent of the school division in which the child is enrolled at such time or, if he is not then enrolled in school, the division in which he was enrolled at the time of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. If charges are withdrawn in intake or handled informally without a court <span class="dictionary">disposition</span>, the <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> shall, within 15 days of such action, provide written notification of the action to the superintendent of the school division in which the child is enrolled at that time or, if he is not then enrolled in school, the division in which he was enrolled at the time of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.
		If the child is not enrolled in the school division that receives notification under this section, the superintendent of that division shall forward the notification to the superintendent of the school division where the child is enrolled or where the child intends to enroll, as evidenced by the school division&#x2019;s receipt of a request from another school division for such child&#x2019;s scholastic record.
		A superintendent who receives notification under this section may disclose the information received to anyone to whom he or a principal disclosed that a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> had been filed. Further disclosure of information received under this section by the superintendent to school personnel is authorized only as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Receipt, dissemination and maintenance of records of certain law-enforcement information" href="/22.1-288.2/">22.1-288.2</a>.</p></section></text><history>1993, cc. 645, 889; 1994, cc. 835, 913; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 371; 1999, c. 952; 2003, c. 119; 2024, cc. 8, 61.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
