                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FINGERPRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTION (§ 53.1-23)

A. Photographs, fingerprints, and a description of each person received by the
Department shall be taken and filed for identification purposes. If the person
is serving a sentence for an offense for which a report to the Central Criminal
Records Exchange is required under subsection A of &#xA7; 19.2-390, such
photographs, fingerprints, and description of such person received by the
Department shall be provided to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and,
unless otherwise prohibited by law, may be classified and filed as part of the
criminal history record information of that person. Subject to the provisions of
&#xA7;&#xA7; 19.2-387 through 19.2-392, the Department shall cooperate with
federal, state, county, and city law-enforcement agencies, insofar as it may
deem proper, in disclosing information concerning such persons and in the taking
of fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with the commission of an
offense for which a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange is required
under subsection A of &#xA7; 19.2-390.

B. The Department shall review each person&#8217;s criminal history record at
least 60 days prior to his scheduled release from a state correctional facility
to determine whether all offenses for which that person has been committed
appear on such record and, if any such offense that is required to be reported
to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-390 does not
appear, (i) take and provide fingerprints and a photograph of the person to the
Central Criminal Records Exchange to be classified and filed as part of the
criminal history record information pursuant to subsection D of &#xA7; 19.2-390
and (ii) provide written or electronic notification to the Central Criminal
Records Exchange within the Department of State Police that such offense does
not appear on the offender&#8217;s criminal history record.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-40; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2019, cc. 782, 783.