                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) PROCESS FOR AUTOMATIC SEALING OF OFFENSES RESULTING IN
ACQUITTAL, NOLLE PROSEQUI, OR DISMISSAL (§ 19.2-392.10)

A. On at least a monthly basis, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court and
any circuit court clerk who maintains a case management system that interfaces
with the Department of State Police under subsection B1 of &#xA7; 17.1-502 shall
provide an electronic notification of all offenses in such case management
system to the Department of State Police that were ordered to be automatically
sealed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-392.8.

B. Upon receipt of the electronic notification under subsection A, the
Department of State Police shall proceed as set forth in &#xA7; 19.2-392.13.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524, 542; 2023, cc. 554, 555; 2025, cc. 634 and
671, cl.12.