                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) DISCLOSURE OF SEALED RECORDS; PENALTY (§ 19.2-392.14)

A. It is unlawful for any employee of any department, division, board, bureau,
commission, branch, authority, or other agency created by the Commonwealth, or
to which the Commonwealth is a party or any political subdivision thereof,
having or acquiring access to sealed criminal history record information or a
court record, including any records relating to an arrest, charge, or
conviction, that was ordered to be sealed pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-392.7,
19.2-392.8, 19.2-392.10, 19.2-392.11, 19.2-392.12, or 19.2-392.12:1, or that was
sealed without entry of a court order pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-392.6:1 or
19.2-392.17, to disclose such record or any information from such record to
another person, except in accordance with the purposes set forth in &#xA7;
19.2-392.13 and pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to &#xA7;
9.1-128 and the procedures adopted pursuant to &#xA7; 9.1-134.

B. A clerk of the court shall not be in violation of this section if such clerk
informs a person requesting access to a sealed court record that such court
record has been sealed and can only be accessed pursuant to a court order.

C. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section is guilty of
a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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