                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2026) FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF JUVENILES (§
16.1-299)

A. All duly constituted police authorities having the power of arrest shall take
fingerprints and photographs of any juvenile who is taken into custody and
charged with a delinquent act an arrest for which, if committed by an adult, is
required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to
subsection A of &#xA7; 19.2-390. Whenever fingerprints are taken, they shall be
maintained separately from adult records and a copy shall be filed with the
juvenile court on forms provided by the Central Criminal Records Exchange.

B. If a juvenile of any age (i) is convicted of a felony, (ii) is adjudicated
delinquent of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult, (iii)
has a case involving an offense, which would be a felony if committed by an
adult, that is dismissed pursuant to the deferred disposition provisions of
&#xA7; 16.1-278.8, or (iv) is convicted or adjudicated delinquent of any other
offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required
by subsection C of &#xA7; 19.2-390 if the offense were committed by an adult,
copies of his fingerprints and a report of the disposition shall be forwarded to
the Central Criminal Records Exchange and to the jurisdiction making the arrest
by the clerk of the court which heard the case.

C. If a petition or warrant is not filed against a juvenile whose fingerprints
or photographs have been taken in connection with an alleged violation of law,
the fingerprint card, all copies of the fingerprints and all photographs shall
be destroyed 60 days after fingerprints were taken. If a juvenile charged with a
delinquent act other than a violent juvenile felony or a crime ancillary thereto
is found not guilty, or in any other case resulting in a disposition for which
fingerprints are not required to be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records
Exchange, the court shall order that the fingerprint card, all copies of the
fingerprints and all photographs be destroyed within six months of the date of
disposition of the case.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 383; 1979, c. 267; 1982, c. 514; 1985, c. 211;
1986, c. 264; 1993, cc. 468, 926; 1994, cc. 859, 949; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997,
c. 657; 2000, c. 431; 2004, c. 464; 2008, c. 636.