                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECT OF ADJUDICATION ON STATUS OF CHILD (§ 16.1-308)

Except as otherwise provided by law for a juvenile found guilty of a felony in
circuit court whose case is disposed of in the same manner as an adult criminal
case, a finding of guilty on a petition charging delinquency under the
provisions of this law shall not operate to impose any of the civil disabilities
ordinarily imposed by conviction for a crime, nor shall any such finding operate
to disqualify the child for employment by any state or local governmental
agency.
		Nothing in this section shall prohibit the State Police or a police department
or sheriff&#8217;s office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth
or any political subdivision thereof from denying employment to a person who had
been adjudicated delinquent where such denial is based on the nature and gravity
of the offense, the time since adjudication, the time since completion of any
sentence, and the nature of the job sought.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-179; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1996, cc. 755, 914;
2011, c. 622.