                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN PLEA OF GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE, FINDING OF GUILT IN ABSENTIA, OR
FORFEITURE IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OR TRAFFIC CASE ADMISSIBLE IN CIVIL ACTION;
PROOF OF SUCH PLEA, FINDING, OR FORFEITURE (§ 8.01-418)

Whenever, in any civil action, it is contended that any party thereto pled
guilty or nolo contendere, was found guilty in absentia, or suffered a
forfeiture in a prosecution for a criminal offense or traffic infraction which
arose out of the same occurrence upon which the civil action is based, evidence
of said plea, finding, or forfeiture as shown by the records of the criminal
court shall be admissible. Where the records of the court in which such
prosecution was had are silent or ambiguous as to whether or not such plea or
finding was made or forfeiture occurred, the court hearing the civil case shall
admit such evidence on the question of such plea, finding, or forfeiture as may
be relevant, and the question of whether such plea or finding was made or
forfeiture suffered shall be a question for the court to determine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-267.1; 1970, c. 354; 1977, c. 617; 1986, c. 46; 2023,
c. 278.