Juvenile law enforcement records

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  • (a) Law enforcement records and files concerning a child shall be kept separate from the records and files of arrest of adults. Unless a charge of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution, such records and files shall not be open to public inspection nor their contents disclosed to the public without an order of the Family Division of the court or unless specifically authorized in this section.

  • (b) Inspection of such law enforcement records and files is permitted without court order by the following:

    • (1) the Family Division of the court;

    • (2) the representatives of a public and private agency, department, or institution providing supervision or having legal custody of the child, or in preparation of an official report for the court;

    • (3) legal counsel for the child;

    • (4) Attorney General or his designee representing the territory;

    • (5) a court in which the child has been convicted of a criminal offense or delinquent act for the purpose of a presentence report or other dispositional proceedings; and

    • (6) law enforcement officers of other jurisdictions when necessary for the discharge of their current official duties.

  • (c) Whoever, except as provided by this section, and subsection (b) of section 481 of Title 14, Virgin Islands Code, discloses, receives, or makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of information concerning a juvenile known to police, directly or indirectly derived from police records or files or acquired in the course of official duties, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.


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