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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75630</law_id><section_number>37.2-819</section_number><catch_line>Order of involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to CCRE; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to CCRE; firearm background check</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-389</reference><reference>37.2-1102</reference><reference>37.2-813</reference><reference>37.2-818</reference><reference>37.2-820</reference><reference>37.2-821</reference><reference>37.2-906</reference><reference>37.2-908</reference><reference>53.1-40.9</reference><reference>63.2-1805</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Admissions and Dispositions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Emergency Custody and Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Involuntary Admissions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">order</span> from a commitment <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> issued pursuant to this chapter for involuntary admission or mandatory outpatient treatment and the certification of any person who has been the subject of a temporary detention <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order" href="/37.2-809/">37.2-809</a> and who, after being advised by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">special justice</span> that he will be prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment; penalty" href="/18.2-308.1_3/">18.2-308.1:3</a>, subsequently agreed to voluntary admission pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Voluntary admission" href="/37.2-805/">37.2-805</a> shall be filed by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">special justice</span> with the clerk of the district <span class="dictionary">court</span> for the county or city where the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> took place as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following the completion of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. <a id="paragraph-271642" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-819/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon receipt of any <span class="dictionary">order</span> from a commitment <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> issued pursuant to this chapter for involuntary admission to a <span class="dictionary">facility</span>, the <span class="dictionary">clerk of court</span> shall, as soon as practicable but not later than the close of business on the next following business day, certify and forward to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on a form provided by the Exchange, a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. Upon receipt of any <span class="dictionary">order</span> from a commitment <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> issued pursuant to this chapter for mandatory outpatient treatment, the <span class="dictionary">clerk of court</span> shall, prior to the close of that business day, certify and forward to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on a form provided by the Exchange, a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. <a id="paragraph-271643" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-819/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">clerk of court</span> shall also, as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next following business day, forward upon receipt to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, on a form provided by the Exchange, certification of any person who has been the subject of a temporary detention <span class="dictionary">order</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order" href="/37.2-809/">37.2-809</a>, and who, after being advised by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">special justice</span> that he will be prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm by persons involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment; penalty" href="/18.2-308.1_3/">18.2-308.1:3</a>, subsequently agreed to voluntary admission pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Voluntary admission" href="/37.2-805/">37.2-805</a>. <a id="paragraph-271644" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-819/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Except as provided in subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information" href="/19.2-389/">19.2-389</a>, the copy of the forms and <span class="dictionary">orders</span> sent to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to subsection B, and the forms and certifications sent to the Central Criminal Records Exchange regarding voluntary admission pursuant to subsection C, shall be kept confidential in a separate file and used only to determine a person&#x2019;s eligibility to possess, purchase, or transfer a firearm. No medical records shall be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records Exchange with any form, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or certification required by subsection B or C. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">State</span> Police shall forward only a person&#x2019;s eligibility to possess, purchase, or transfer a firearm to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. <a id="paragraph-271645" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-819/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 671, &#xA7; 37.1-67.3; 1979, c. 426; 1980, cc. 166, 582; 1982, c. 471; 1984, c. 277; 1985, c. 261; 1986, cc. 349, 609; 1988, c. 225; 1989, c. 716; 1990, cc. 59, 60, 728, 798; 1991, c. 636; 1992, c. 752; 1994, cc. 736, 907; 1995, cc. 489, 668, 844; 1996, cc. 343, 893; 1997, cc. 558, 921; 1998, c. 446; 2001, cc. 478, 479, 507, 658, 837; 2004, cc. 66, 1014; 2005, c. 716; 2008, cc. 751, 788; 2009, cc. 21, 838; 2014, cc. 336, 374; 2015, c. 540.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
