                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY (§ 16.1-309)

A. Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 16.1-299, 16.1-300, 16.1-301, 16.1-305 and
16.1-307, any person who (i) files a petition, (ii) receives a petition or has
access to court records in an official capacity, (iii) participates in the
investigation of allegations which form the basis of a petition, (iv) is
interviewed concerning such allegations and whose information is derived solely
from such interview or (v) is present during any court proceeding, who discloses
or makes use of or knowingly permits the use of identifying information not
otherwise available to the public concerning a juvenile who is suspected of
being or is the subject of a proceeding within the jurisdiction of the juvenile
court pursuant to subdivisions A 1 through 5 or subdivision A 7 of &#xA7;
16.1-241 or who is in the custody of the State Department of Juvenile Justice,
which information is directly or indirectly derived from the records or files of
a law-enforcement agency, court or the Department of Juvenile Justice or
acquired in the course of official duties, is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law-enforcement officer
or school employee who discloses to school personnel identifying information
concerning a juvenile who is suspected of committing or has committed a
delinquent act that has met applicable criteria of &#xA7; 16.1-260 and is
committed or alleged to have been committed on school property during a
school-sponsored activity or on the way to or from such activity, if the
disclosure is made solely for the purpose of enabling school personnel to take
appropriate disciplinary action within the school setting against the juvenile.
Further, the provisions of this section shall not apply to school personnel who
disclose information obtained pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 16.1-305.1 and
22.1-288.2, if the disclosure is made in compliance with those sections.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 626; 1979, c. 481; 1989, cc. 520, 733; 1993, cc.
645, 889; 1994, cc. 835, 913; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 2003, c. 119; 2017, c. 623.