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If the court, based on the evaluation and after hearing evidence on the issue, finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an acquittee on conditional release (a) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (b) has mental illness or intellectual disability and requires inpatient hospitalization, the court may revoke the acquittee’s conditional release and order him returned to the custody of the Commissioner.\n\t\tAt any hearing pursuant to this section, the acquittee shall be provided with adequate notice of the hearing, of the right to be present at the hearing, the right to the assistance of counsel in preparation for and during the hearing, and the right to introduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses at the hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and shall be given priority over other civil matters before the court. Written notice of the hearing shall be provided to the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction. The hearing is a civil proceeding.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234461,"text":"If at any time the court that released an acquittee pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-182.7 finds reasonable ground to believe that an acquittee on conditional release (i) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (ii) requires inpatient hospitalization, it may order an evaluation of the acquittee by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, provided the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist is qualified by training and experience to perform forensic evaluations. If the court, based on the evaluation and after hearing evidence on the issue, finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an acquittee on conditional release (a) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (b) has mental illness or intellectual disability and requires inpatient hospitalization, the court may revoke the acquittee’s conditional release and order him returned to the custody of the Commissioner.\n\t\tAt any hearing pursuant to this section, the acquittee shall be provided with adequate notice of the hearing, of the right to be present at the hearing, the right to the assistance of counsel in preparation for and during the hearing, and the right to introduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses at the hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and shall be given priority over other civil matters before the court. Written notice of the hearing shall be provided to the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 427 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 295; in 1996, chapters 937<\/a> and 980<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 343<\/a>, 369<\/a>, and 370<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 810<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85695,"section_number":"19.2-169.1","catch_line":"Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.1\/"},{"id":60376,"section_number":"19.2-169.5","catch_line":"Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-169.5\/"},{"id":59943,"section_number":"19.2-175","catch_line":"Compensation of experts","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-175\/"},{"id":57647,"section_number":"19.2-182.3","catch_line":"Commitment; civil proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-182.3\/"},{"id":65916,"section_number":"19.2-182.7","catch_line":"Conditional release; criteria; conditions; reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-182.7\/"},{"id":55068,"section_number":"19.2-182.9","catch_line":"Emergency custody of conditionally released acquittee","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-182.9\/"},{"id":81089,"section_number":"19.2-389","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Dissemination of criminal history record information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65916,"section_number":"19.2-182.7","catch_line":"Conditional release; criteria; conditions; reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-182.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64428,"identifier":"19.2-182.8","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.8","url":"\/19.2-182.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-182.8\/","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of conditional release","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-182.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If at any time the court<\/span> that released an acquittee pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-182.7<\/a> finds reasonable ground to believe that an acquittee on conditional release (i) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (ii) requires inpatient hospitalization, it may order<\/span> an evaluation of the acquittee by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, provided the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist is qualified by training and experience to perform forensic evaluations. If the court<\/span>, based on the evaluation and after hearing<\/span> evidence on the issue<\/span>, finds by a preponderance of the evidence<\/span> that an acquittee on conditional release (a) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (b) has mental illness or intellectual disability and requires inpatient hospitalization, the court<\/span> may revoke the acquittee’s conditional release and order<\/span> him returned to the custody<\/span> of the Commissioner.\n\t\tAt any hearing<\/span> pursuant to this section, the acquittee shall be provided with adequate notice of the hearing<\/span>, of the right to be present at the hearing<\/span>, the right to the assistance of counsel<\/span> in preparation for and during the hearing<\/span>, and the right to introduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses at the hearing<\/span>. The hearing<\/span> shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and shall be given priority over other civil matters before the court<\/span>. Written notice of the hearing<\/span> shall be provided to the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing jurisdiction<\/span>. The hearing<\/span> is a civil proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE (\u00a7 19.2-182.8)\n\nIf at any time the court that released an acquittee pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-182.7\nfinds reasonable ground to believe that an acquittee on conditional release (i)\nhas violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for\nconditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release\nand (ii) requires inpatient hospitalization, it may order an evaluation of the\nacquittee by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, provided the psychiatrist\nor clinical psychologist is qualified by training and experience to perform\nforensic evaluations. If the court, based on the evaluation and after hearing\nevidence on the issue, finds by a preponderance of the evidence that an\nacquittee on conditional release (a) has violated the conditions of his release\nor is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of\nthe criteria for conditional release and (b) has mental illness or intellectual\ndisability and requires inpatient hospitalization, the court may revoke the\nacquittee’s conditional release and order him returned to the custody of\nthe Commissioner.\n\t\tAt any hearing pursuant to this section, the acquittee shall be provided with\nadequate notice of the hearing, of the right to be present at the hearing, the\nright to the assistance of counsel in preparation for and during the hearing,\nand the right to introduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses at the hearing.\nThe hearing shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and shall be given priority\nover other civil matters before the court. Written notice of the hearing shall\nbe provided to the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing\njurisdiction. The hearing is a civil proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2006, cc. 343, 369,\n370; 2008, c. 810; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}