                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF VIRGINIA CRIME CODE REFERENCES REQUIRED (§ 19.2-390.01)

If any criminal warrant, indictment, information, presentment, petition,
summons, charging document issued by a magistrate, or dispositional document
from a criminal trial, involves a jailable offense, it shall include the
Virginia crime code references for the particular offense or offenses covered.
When Virginia crime codes are provided on charging and dispositional documents,
the Virginia crime codes shall be recorded and stored for adult offenders in the
following: criminal history computer systems maintained by the State Police;
court case management computer systems maintained by the Supreme Court of
Virginia; probation and parole case management computer systems maintained by
the Department of Corrections and the Virginia Parole Board; pretrial and
community-based probation case management computer systems maintained by the
Department of Criminal Justice Services; and jail management computer systems
maintained by the State Compensation Board. The Department of Juvenile Justice
shall record and store Virginia crime codes for particular offenses related to
juveniles in case management computer systems.
		Virginia crime codes shall only be used to facilitate administration and
research and shall not have any legal standing as they relate to a particular
offense or offenses.
		The Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission shall develop, maintain, and
modify the Virginia crime codes as may be deemed necessary.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 148; 2007, c. 133; 2025, c. 402.