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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61690</law_id><section_number>19.2-152.10:1</section_number><catch_line>Hope Card Program for persons protected by protective orders</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Protective Orders</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia shall develop and all district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> shall implement the Hope Card Program (the Program) for the issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been issued a protective <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Protective order" href="/19.2-152.10/">19.2-152.10</a> or <a class="law" title="Protective order in cases of family abuse" href="/16.1-279.1/">16.1-279.1</a> by any district <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>. A Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program shall be a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing, to the extent possible, essential information about the protective <span class="dictionary">order</span>, such as the identifying information and characteristics of the person subject to the protective <span class="dictionary">order</span>, the issuance and expiration date of the protective <span class="dictionary">order</span>, the terms of the protective <span class="dictionary">order</span>, and the names of any other persons protected by the protective <span class="dictionary">order</span>.</p></section></text><history>2022, c. 374.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
