                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MOTION FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF EXPUNGED POLICE AND COURT RECORDS IN A CIVIL CASE
(§ 19.2-392.3:1)

In action for damages against a locality or a law-enforcement officer arising
out of or relating to charges where a petition for the expungement of police and
court records for such charges is pending or where the police and court records
have been expunged, any party to such action may file a motion in the court in
which the action is pending, or in the court where the petition for the
expungement of police and court records was or is pending, for the release of
the expunged records for use in the civil litigation, and, upon motion and for
good cause shown, such police and court records shall be ordered to be released
and the penalties set forth in this chapter relating to disclosure of such
expunged records shall not apply.

HISTORY: 2023, c. 465.