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Board approves temporary clerk position to help scan criminal files ahead of expungement deadline
Summary
The clerk of court told supervisors that state guidance requires criminal records from 1986 onward be scanned and available by July 1, 2026; the board approved a county budget adjustment to cover the county's portion of an additional staff position to begin in September.
Rachel Hardenback, clerk of court, asked the board for a budget line adjustment to accept an additional clerk position the state authorized for all clerks' offices to handle the impending wave of sealing and expungement petitions triggered by changes to Virginia law. Hardenback told the board the state guidance requires…
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