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- Va. Code § 16.1-296.2 · Appeals of certain custody and visitation proceedings
- Va. Code § 16.1-297 · Final judgment; copy filed with juvenile court; proceeding may be remanded to juvenile court
- Va. Code § 16.1-298 · Effect of petition for or pendency of appeal; bail
- Va. Code § 16.1-299 · (Effective July 1, 2026) Fingerprints, palm prints, and photographs of juveniles
- Va. Code § 16.1-299.1 · Sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction or adjudication of felony
- Va. Code § 16.1-299.2 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 16.1-300 · Confidentiality of Department records
- Va. Code § 16.1-301 · Confidentiality of juvenile law-enforcement records; disclosures to school principal and others
- Va. Code § 16.1-302 · Dockets, indices, and order books; when hearings and records private; right to public hearing; presence of juvenile in court
- Va. Code § 16.1-302.1 · Right of victim or representative to attend certain proceedings; notice of hearings
- Va. Code § 16.1-303 · Reports of court officials and employees when privileged
- Va. Code § 16.1-304 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 16.1-305 · Confidentiality of court records
- Va. Code § 16.1-305.01 · Access to child and spousal support case files
- Va. Code § 16.1-305.1 · Disclosure of disposition in certain delinquency cases
- Va. Code § 16.1-305.2 · Disclosure of notice of the filing of a petition and certain reports by division superintendent
- Va. Code § 16.1-306 · Expungement of court records
- Va. Code § 16.1-307 · Circuit court records regarding juveniles
- Va. Code § 16.1-308 · Effect of adjudication on status of child
- Va. Code § 16.1-309 · Penalty
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.1 · Exception as to confidentiality
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.2 · Purpose and intent
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.3 · Establishment of a community-based system of services; biennial local plan; quarterly report
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.4 · Statewide plan for juvenile services
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.5 · Construction, etc., of detention homes and other facilities; reimbursement in part by Commonwealth
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.6 · How state appropriations for operating costs of Juvenile Community Crime Control Act programs determined; notice of financial aid
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.7 · Determination of payment
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.8 · Costs of maintenance of juveniles in Community Crime Control Act programs
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.9 · Establishment of standards; determination of compliance
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.10 · Visitation and management of detention homes; other facilities; reports of superintendent
- Va. Code § 16.1-309.11 · Youth justice diversion program
- Va. Code § 16.1-310 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 16.1-315 · Joint or regional citizen detention commissions authorized
- Va. Code § 16.1-316 · Number and terms of members; admission of additional local governing bodies
- Va. Code § 16.1-317 · Quorum; chairman; rules of procedure; compensation
- Va. Code § 16.1-318 · Powers of commission generally; supervision by Director of Department of Juvenile Justice
- Va. Code § 16.1-319 · Acquisition of property by commission
- Va. Code § 16.1-320 · Property of commission exempt from execution and judgment liens
- Va. Code § 16.1-321 · Appropriations by political subdivisions; issuance of bonds
- Va. Code § 16.1-322 · Record of commission; reports
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.1 · Apportionment of funds to localities or commissions operating juvenile secure detention facilities or programs; standards for apportionment
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.2 · Payment of funds quarterly; distribution and reallocation of reserve
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.3 · Localities and commissions to make monthly reports to Director; penalty for willfully falsifying information; procedure when locality or commission fails to make report
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.4 · Payments for children from other counties or cities
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.5 · State Board may authorize private construction, operation, etc., of local or regional detention homes, etc
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.6 · Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
- Va. Code § 16.1-322.7 · State Board to promulgate regulations
- Va. Code § 16.1-323 · Governor to execute; form of compact
- Va. Code § 16.1-323.1 · State Council for Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- Va. Code § 16.1-324 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 16.1-330.1 · Serious or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program; definition; disclosure of information; penalty
- Va. Code § 16.1-330.2 · Immunity
- Va. Code § 16.1-331 · Petition for emancipation
- Va. Code § 16.1-332 · Orders of court; investigation, report and appointment of counsel
- Va. Code § 16.1-333 · Findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated
- Va. Code § 16.1-333.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 16.1-334 · Effects of order
- Va. Code § 16.1-334.1 · Identification card issued to minor by DMV
- Va. Code § 16.1-335 · Short title
- Va. Code § 16.1-336 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 16.1-336.1 · Admission forms
- Va. Code § 16.1-337 · Inpatient treatment of minors; general applicability; disclosure of records
- Va. Code § 16.1-337.1 · Order of involuntary commitment or mandatory outpatient treatment forwarded to Central Criminal Records Exchange; certain voluntary admissions forwarded to Central Criminal Records Exchange; firearm background check
- Va. Code § 16.1-338 · Parental admission of minors younger than 14 and nonobjecting minors 14 years of age or older
- Va. Code § 16.1-339 · Parental admission of an objecting minor 14 years of age or older
- Va. Code § 16.1-339.1 · Minors in detention homes or shelter care facilities
- Va. Code § 16.1-340 · Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order
- Va. Code § 16.1-340.1 · Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order
- Va. Code § 16.1-340.1:1 · Facility of temporary detention
- Va. Code § 16.1-340.2 · Transportation of minor in the temporary detention process
- Va. Code § 16.1-340.3 · Release of minor prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission
- Va. Code § 16.1-340.4 · Involuntary commitment; preadmission screening report
- Va. Code § 16.1-341 · Involuntary commitment; petition; hearing scheduled; notice and appointment of counsel
- Va. Code § 16.1-342 · Involuntary commitment; clinical evaluation
- Va. Code § 16.1-343 · Involuntary commitment; duties of attorney for the minor
- Va. Code § 16.1-344 · Involuntary commitment; hearing
- Va. Code § 16.1-345 · Involuntary commitment; criteria
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.1 · Use of electronic communication
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.2 · Mandatory outpatient treatment; criteria; orders
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.3 · Monitoring mandatory outpatient treatment; motion for review
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.4 · Court review of mandatory outpatient treatment plan
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.5 · Continuation of mandatory outpatient treatment order
- Va. Code § 16.1-345.6 · Appeal of final order
- Va. Code § 16.1-346 · Treatment plans; periodic review of status
- Va. Code § 16.1-346.1 · Discharge plan
- Va. Code § 16.1-347 · Fees and expenses for qualified evaluators
- Va. Code § 16.1-348 · Availability of judge
- Va. Code § 16.1-349 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 16.1-350 · Petition for court approval of standby guardian
- Va. Code § 16.1-351 · Court order approving standby guardianship; authority; when effective
- Va. Code § 16.1-352 · Written designation of a standby guardian by a parent; commencement of authority; court approval required
- Va. Code § 16.1-353 · Further proceedings to determine permanent guardianship, custody
- Va. Code § 16.1-354 · Revocation, refusal, termination of standby guardianship
- Va. Code § 16.1-355 · Review of standby guardianship
- Va. Code § 16.1-356 · Raising question of competency to stand trial; evaluation and determination of competency
- Va. Code § 16.1-357 · Disposition when juvenile found incompetent
- Va. Code § 16.1-358 · Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent juvenile
- Va. Code § 16.1-359 · Litigating certain issues when the juvenile is incompetent
- Va. Code § 16.1-360 · Disclosure by juvenile during evaluation or restoration; use at guilt phase of trial adjudication or disposition hearing
- Va. Code § 16.1-361 · Compensation of experts