78550019.2-392.3Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Criminal ProcedureExpungement Of Criminal RecordsDisclosure of expunged records1977, c. 675; 1978, c. 713.Hearn v. HudsonCiv. A. No. 78-0248-R549 F. Supp. 9491982-04-23https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1770527/hearn-v-hudson/ . . . court shall have ordered expunged. . . . District Court, W.D. VirginiaSnyder v. City of AlexandriaCiv. A. No. 94-528-A870 F. Supp. 6721994-11-30https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1647960/snyder-v-city-of-alexandria/ . . . court which ordered the expungement. Va.Code § 19.2-392.3.[23] Employers, schools, and government . . . District Court, E.D. Virginiahttp://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-392.3//19.2-392.3/19.2/23.1/19.2-392.3It shall be unlawful for any person having or acquiring access to an expunged court or police record to open or review it or to disclose to another person any information from it without an order from the court which ordered the record expunged.sectionAA1Upon a verified petition filed by the attorney for the Commonwealth alleging that the record is needed by a law-enforcement agency for purposes of employment application as an employee of a law-enforcement agency or for a pending criminal investigation and that the investigation will be jeopardized or that life or property will be endangered without immediate access to the record, the court may enter an ex parte order, without notice to the person, permitting such access. An ex parte order may permit a review of the record, but may not permit a copy to be made of it.sectionBB1Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.sectionCC1