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Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-277.3 — Referral to court service unit
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 8: Adjudication, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-277.3
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
At any point prior to the commencement of an adjudication hearing on a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, the court, upon request of the child with consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if a party to the case, may refer the delinquency charge back to the court service unit in writing and the intake officer shall proceed informally pursuant to subsection B of § 16.1-260 . Upon such referral, the court shall dismiss the petition and order that the court records pertaining to the petition be expunged pursuant to subdivision C 2 of § 16.1-306 .
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