                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS DEEMED SEALED (§ 19.2-392.17)

A. Except as provided in subsection F of &#xA7; 19.2-392.13, any record of a
traffic infraction under Title 46.2 with an offense date on or after January 1,
1986, that is not punishable as a criminal offense shall be deemed to be sealed
after 11 years from the date of final disposition of the offense, unless such
sealing is prohibited under federal or state law. The Central Criminal Records
Exchange, any court, any police department, sheriff&#8217;s office, or campus
police department, and the Department of Motor Vehicles shall identify and seal
the records of any such infraction in its possession. No record of any such
traffic infraction shall be disseminated, unless such dissemination is
authorized pursuant to &#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. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not seal any traffic infraction under
Title 46.2 (i) in violation of federal regulatory record retention requirements
or (ii) in violation of federal program requirements if the Department of Motor
Vehicles is required to suspend a person&#8217;s driving privileges as a result
of the traffic infraction that was deemed sealed pursuant to subsection A. The
Department of Motor Vehicles shall seal all records deemed to be sealed pursuant
to subsection A if the federal regulatory record retention period has run and
all federal program requirements associated with a suspension have been
satisfied.

C. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not seal a record of a traffic
infraction if a customer is subject to an administrative suspension order issued
pursuant to Driver Improvement Program requirements under &#xA7; 46.2-498,
46.2-499, or 46.2-506, issued in part or in whole, as a result of an
accumulation of traffic infractions, and less than two years has passed since
the date that the suspension order was complied with.

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