                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FORMS FOR AND INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN ABSTRACTS; CERTIFICATION (§
46.2-386)

Abstracts required by § 46.2-383 shall be made on forms prepared by or approved
by the Department and the Department of State Police.  They shall include all
information as to the parties to the case.  In the event the abstract relates to
a person convicted or found not innocent of a charge described in subdivision A
1 or 2 of § 46.2-382, it shall include the nature and date of the offense, the
date of conviction or finding of not innocent, the plea, the judgment, the
penalty or forfeiture as the case may be, and the driver&#8217;s license number
if any, the month, day and year of birth, the sex and the residence address or
whereabouts of the defendant and shall indicate whether the defendant appeared
and was represented by or waived counsel.  Every such abstract shall be
certified by the general district court or juvenile and domestic relations
district court judge or clerk of the general district court or juvenile and
domestic relations district court or clerk of a circuit court as a true abstract
of the records of the court as it relates to the charge, judgment and penalty.
		Abstracts transmitted to the Department by electronic means may be certified
by machine imprint of the name of the general district court or juvenile and
domestic relations district court judge or the clerk&#8217;s name of the general
district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court or the name of
the clerk of the circuit court that furnished the record as a true abstract of
the records of the court as it relates to the charge, judgment, and penalty.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-196; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-414; 1968, c. 151; 1984, c.
780; 1986, c. 607; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 838.