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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62281</law_id><section_number>17.1-293.1</section_number><catch_line>(Effective July 1, 2026) Online case information system; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-392.13</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Secure Remote Access</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Executive Secretary shall make available a publicly viewable online case information system of certain nonconfidential information entered into the case management system for criminal cases in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> participating in the Executive Secretary&#x2019;s case management system and in the general district <span class="dictionary">courts</span>. Such system shall be searchable by <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> name across all participating <span class="dictionary">courts</span>, and search results shall be viewable free of charge. <a id="paragraph-227169" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-293.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon entry of a sealing order pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Process for automatic sealing of offenses resulting in a conviction or deferred disposition" href="/19.2-392.7/">19.2-392.7</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Automatic sealing of offenses resulting in acquittal or dismissal" href="/19.2-392.8/">19.2-392.8</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Automatic sealing of misdemeanor offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal for persons with no convictions or deferred and dismissed offenses on their criminal history record" href="/19.2-392.11/">19.2-392.11</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition" href="/19.2-392.12/">19.2-392.12</a>, or <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of charges and convictions related to automatic sealing; petition" href="/19.2-392.12_1/">19.2-392.12:1</a>, the Executive Secretary shall not make any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that was ordered to be <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> available for online public viewing in an <span class="dictionary">appellate</span> court, <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court, or district court case management system maintained by the Executive Secretary. Any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that was <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> without a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of former possession of marijuana offenses without entry of a court order" href="/19.2-392.6_1/">19.2-392.6:1</a> or <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Traffic infractions deemed sealed" href="/19.2-392.17/">19.2-392.17</a> shall not be available for online public viewing in any such system. <a id="paragraph-227170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-293.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Upon entry of a sealing order pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Process for automatic sealing of offenses resulting in a conviction or deferred disposition" href="/19.2-392.7/">19.2-392.7</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Automatic sealing of offenses resulting in acquittal or dismissal" href="/19.2-392.8/">19.2-392.8</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Automatic sealing of misdemeanor offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal for persons with no convictions or deferred and dismissed offenses on their criminal history record" href="/19.2-392.11/">19.2-392.11</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition" href="/19.2-392.12/">19.2-392.12</a>, or <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of charges and convictions related to automatic sealing; petition" href="/19.2-392.12_1/">19.2-392.12:1</a>, any <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court clerk who maintains a viewable online case management or case information system shall not make any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that was ordered to be <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> available for online public viewing. Any <span class="dictionary">offense</span> that was <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> without a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of former possession of marijuana offenses without entry of a court order" href="/19.2-392.6_1/">19.2-392.6:1</a> or <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Traffic infractions deemed sealed" href="/19.2-392.17/">19.2-392.17</a> shall not be available for online public viewing in any such system. <a id="paragraph-227171" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-293.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2018, cc. 127, 584; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 524, 542; 2023, cc. 554, 555; 2025, cc. 634, 671.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
