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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86508</law_id><section_number>37.2-914</section_number><catch_line>Modification or removal of conditions; notice; objections; review</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="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="9">Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> that placed the person on conditional release may modify conditions of release or remove conditions placed on release pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Conditional release; criteria; conditions; reports; penalty" href="/37.2-912/">37.2-912</a>, upon <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, the supervising <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, or the person on conditional release or upon its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span> based on reports of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or the supervising <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span>. However, the person on conditional release may <span class="dictionary">petition</span> only annually commencing six months after the conditional release <span class="dictionary">order</span> is issued. Upon <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall require the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or, if the person is on <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or probation, the person&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span> to provide a report on the person&#x2019;s progress while on conditional release. The <span class="dictionary">party</span> petitioning for release shall transmit a copy of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, and the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality that is the location of the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span>&#x2019;s residence. <a id="paragraph-309854" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-914/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> As it deems appropriate based on the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x2019;s or <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span>&#x2019;s report and any other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> provided to it, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a proposed <span class="dictionary">order</span> for modification or removal of conditions. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall provide notice of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> and their right to <span class="dictionary">object</span> to it within 21 days of its issuance to the person, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, and the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality that is the location of the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span>&#x2019;s residence. The proposed <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall become final if no objection is filed within 21 days of its issuance. If an objection is so filed, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall conduct a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> at which the person on conditional release, the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> or the <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation officer</span>, and the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality that is the location of the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span>&#x2019;s residence shall have an opportunity to present <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> challenging the proposed <span class="dictionary">order</span>. At the conclusion of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an <span class="dictionary">order</span> specifying conditions of release or removing existing conditions of release. <a id="paragraph-309855" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/37.2-914/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, cc. 946, 985, &#xA7; 37.1-70.15; 2001, c. 776; 2003, cc. 989, 1018; 2005, c. 716; 2009, c. 740; 2015, c. 662.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
