Process for automatic sealing of offenses resulting in acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal

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Virginia Code › Title 19.2 › Chapter 23.2 › Section 19.2-392.10

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A. On at least a monthly basis, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court and any circuit court clerk who maintains a case management system that interfaces with the Department of State Police under subsection B1 of § 17.1-502 shall provide an electronic notification of all offenses in such case management system to the Department of State Police that were ordered to be automatically sealed pursuant to § 19.2-392.8 .

B. Upon receipt of the electronic notification under subsection A, the Department of State Police shall proceed as set forth in § 19.2-392.13 .

2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 , 542 ; 2023, cc. 554 , 555 .

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