Virginia

Code of Virginia — Title 19.2, Criminal Procedure

88 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 19 — 2-138 through 19.2-140. Repealed
• § 19.2-119 — Definitions
• § 19.2-120 — Admission to bail
• § 19.2-120.1 — Repealed
• § 19.2-121 — Fixing terms of bail
• § 19.2-122 — Repealed
• § 19.2-123 — Release of accused on secured or unsecured bond or promise to appear; conditions of release
• § 19.2-124 — Appeal from bail, bond, or recognizance order
• § 19.2-125 — Release pending appeal from conviction in court not of record
• § 19.2-126 — Repealed
• § 19.2-127 — Conditions of release of material witness
• § 19.2-128 — Penalties for failure to appear
• § 19.2-129 — Power of court to punish for contempt
• § 19.2-130 — Bail in subsequent proceeding arising out of initial arrest
• § 19.2-130.1 — Bail terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate
• § 19.2-131 — Bail for person held in jurisdiction other than that of trial
• § 19.2-132 — Motion to increase amount of bond fixed by judicial officer; when bond may be increased
• § 19.2-134 — When bail piece to be delivered to accused; form of bail piece
• § 19.2-134.1 — Collection and reporting of data related to adults charged with a criminal offense punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment
• § 19.2-135 — Commitment for trial; recognizance; notice to attorney for Commonwealth; remand on violation of condition
• § 19.2-136 — How bonds in recognizances payable; penalty
• § 19.2-137 — Order of court on recognizance
• § 19.2-141 — How recognizance taken for incapacitated or insane person or one under disability
• § 19.2-142 — Where recognizance taken out of court to be sent
• § 19.2-143 — Where default recorded; process on recognizance; forfeiture on recognizance; when copy may be used; cash bond
• § 19.2-144 — Forfeiture of recognizance while in military or naval service
• § 19.2-145 — How penalty remitted
• § 19.2-146 — Defects in form of recognizance not to defeat action or judgment
• § 19.2-147 — Docketing judgment on forfeited recognizance or bond
• § 19.2-148 — Surety discharged on payment of amount, etc., into court
• § 19.2-149 — How surety on a bond in recognizance may surrender principal and be discharged from liability; deposit for surrender of principal
• § 19.2-150 — Proceeding when surety surrenders principal
• § 19.2-151 — Satisfaction and discharge of assault and similar charges
• § 19.2-152 — Order discharging recognizance or superseding commitment; judgment for costs
• § 19.2-152.2 — Purpose; establishment of pretrial services and services agencies
• § 19.2-152.3 — Department of Criminal Justice Services to prescribe standards; biennial plan
• § 19.2-152.4 — Mandated services
• § 19.2-152.4:1 — Form of oath of office for local pretrial services officer; authorization to seek capias
• § 19.2-152.4:2 — Confidentiality of records of and reports on adult persons under investigation by or in the custody or supervision of a local pretrial services agency
• § 19.2-152.4:3 — Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers
• § 19.2-152.5 — Community criminal justice boards
• § 19.2-152.6 — Withdrawal from pretrial services
• § 19.2-152.7 — Funding; failure to comply
• § 19.2-52 — When search warrant may issue
• § 19.2-53 — What may be searched and seized
• § 19.2-53.1 — Taking blood samples pursuant to search warrant; immunity
• § 19.2-54 — Affidavit preliminary to issuance of search warrant; general search warrant prohibited; effect of failure to file affidavit
• § 19.2-55 — Issuing general search warrant or search warrant without affidavit deemed malfeasance
• § 19.2-56 — To whom search warrant directed; what it shall command; warrant to show date and time of issuance; copy of affidavit to be part of warrant and served therewith; warrants not executed within 15 days
• § 19.2-56.1 — Warrant issued for search of attorney's office
• § 19.2-56.2 — Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device; installation and use
• § 19.2-57 — Execution and return of warrant; list of property seized
• § 19.2-58 — Disposition of property seized
• § 19.2-59 — Search without warrant prohibited; when search without warrant lawful
• § 19.2-59.1 — Strip searches prohibited; exceptions; how strip searches conducted
• § 19.2-60 — Motion for return of seized property and to suppress
• § 19.2-60.1 — Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required
• § 19.2-60.2 — Issuance of search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for information related to menstrual health data prohibited
• § 19.2-71 — Who may issue process of arrest
• § 19.2-72 — When it may issue; what to recite and require
• § 19.2-73 — Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases
• § 19.2-73.1 — Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure to appear
• § 19.2-73.2 — Law-enforcement officers to issue subpoenas; penalty
• § 19.2-74 — Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace
• § 19.2-74.1 — Repealed
• § 19.2-75 — Copy of process to be left with accused; exception
• § 19.2-76 — Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried
• § 19.2-76.1 — Submission of quarterly reports concerning unexecuted felony and misdemeanor warrants and other criminal process; destruction; dismissal
• § 19.2-76.2 — Mailing of summons in certain cases
• § 19.2-76.3 — Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under § 19.2-76.2
• § 19.2-77 — Escape, flight and pursuit; arrest anywhere in Commonwealth
• § 19.2-78 — Uniform of officer making arrest
• § 19.2-79 — Arrest by officers of other states of United States
• § 19.2-80 — Duty of arresting officer; bail
• § 19.2-80.1 — When arrested person operating motor vehicle; how vehicle removed from scene of arrest
• § 19.2-80.2 — Duty of arresting officer; providing magistrate or court with criminal history information
• § 19.2-81 — Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases
• § 19.2-81.1 — Arrest without warrant by correctional officers in certain cases
• § 19.2-81.2 — Power of correctional officers and designated noncustodial employees to detain
• § 19.2-81.3 — Arrest without a warrant authorized in cases of assault and battery against a family or household member and stalking and for violations of protective orders; procedure, etc
• § 19.2-81.4 — Repealed
• § 19.2-81.5 — Cooperation with a law-enforcement officer
• § 19.2-81.6 — Authority of law-enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens
• § 19.2-82 — Procedure upon arrest without warrant
• § 19.2-82.1 — Giving false identity to law-enforcement officer; penalty
• § 19.2-83 — Repealed
• § 19.2-83.1 — Report of arrest of school employees and adult students for certain offenses
• § 19.2-83.2 — Jail officer to ascertain citizenship of inmate