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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1040<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapter 133<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58775,"section_number":"19.2-152.4:3","catch_line":"Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.4_3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80797,"section_number":"49-1","catch_line":"Form of general oath required of officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/49-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78184,"identifier":"19.2-152.4:1","token":"19.2\/9\/5\/19.2-152.4_1","url":"\/19.2-152.4_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-152.4_1\/","token":"19.2\/9\/5\/19.2-152.4_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Form of oath of office for local pretrial services officer; authorization to seek capias","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-152.4:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every pretrial services<\/span> officer who is an employee of a local pretrial services<\/span> agency established by any city, county or combination thereof or operated pursuant to this article shall take an oath<\/span> of office as prescribed in \u00a7 49-1<\/a> and to provide services pursuant to the requirements of this article before entering the duties of his office. The oath<\/span> of office shall be taken before any general district or circuit<\/span> court<\/span> judge<\/span> in any county or city which has established services for use by judicial officers pursuant to this article.\n\t\tIn addition, any officer of a pretrial services<\/span> agency established or operated pursuant to this article may seek a capias<\/span> from any judicial officer for the arrest<\/span> of any person<\/span> under the agency’s custody<\/span> and supervision for failure to comply with any conditions of release imposed by a judicial officer, for failure to comply with the conditions of pretrial supervision as established by a pretrial services<\/span> agency, or when there is reason to believe that the person<\/span> will fail to appear, will leave, or has left the jurisdiction<\/span> to avoid prosecution<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORM OF OATH OF OFFICE FOR LOCAL PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICER; AUTHORIZATION TO\nSEEK CAPIAS (\u00a7 19.2-152.4:1)\n\nEvery pretrial services officer who is an employee of a local pretrial services\nagency established by any city, county or combination thereof or operated\npursuant to this article shall take an oath of office as prescribed in \u00a7 49-1\nand to provide services pursuant to the requirements of this article before\nentering the duties of his office. The oath of office shall be taken before any\ngeneral district or circuit court judge in any county or city which has\nestablished services for use by judicial officers pursuant to this article.\n\t\tIn addition, any officer of a pretrial services agency established or operated\npursuant to this article may seek a capias from any judicial officer for the\narrest of any person under the agency’s custody and supervision for\nfailure to comply with any conditions of release imposed by a judicial officer,\nfor failure to comply with the conditions of pretrial supervision as established\nby a pretrial services agency, or when there is reason to believe that the\nperson will fail to appear, will leave, or has left the jurisdiction to avoid\nprosecution.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1040; 2007, c. 133.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}