Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Chapter 23.1 Expungement Of Criminal Records

• 19.2-392.1 Statement of policy
  The General Assembly finds that arrest records can be a hindrance to an innocent citizen's ability to obtain employment, an education and to obtain credit. ...
• 19.2-392.2 Expungement of police and court records
  A. If a person is charged with the commission of a crime or any offense defined in Title 18.2, and 1. Is acquitted, or 2. ...
• 19.2-392.3 Disclosure of expunged records
  A. It shall be unlawful for any person having or acquiring access to an expunged court or police record to open or review it or ...
• 19.2-392.4 Prohibited practices by employers, educational institutions, agencies, etc., of state and local gov...
  A. An employer or educational institution shall not, in any application, interview, or otherwise, require an applicant for employment or admission to disclose information concerning ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009