                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOPE CARD PROGRAM FOR PERSONS PROTECTED BY PROTECTIVE ORDERS (§ 19.2-152.10:1)

The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall
develop and all district courts and circuit courts shall implement the Hope Card
Program (the Program) for the issuance of a Hope Card to any person who has been
issued a protective order pursuant to § 19.2-152.10 or 16.1-279.1 by any
district court or circuit court. A Hope Card issued pursuant to the Program
shall be a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card containing, to the extent
possible, essential information about the protective order, such as the
identifying information and characteristics of the person subject to the
protective order, the issuance and expiration date of the protective order, the
terms of the protective order, and the names of any other persons protected by
the protective order.

HISTORY: 2022, c. 374.