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and the judge at the hearing being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that the witness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14643,"edition_id":1,"name":"Witnesses From or for Another State","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12961,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:03","permalink":{"id":169327,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14643,"identifier":"2","token":"19.2\/16\/2","url":"\/19.2\/16\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12961,"edition_id":1,"name":"Evidence and Witnesses","identifier":"16","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12801,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":169211,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12961,"identifier":"16","token":"19.2\/16","url":"\/19.2\/16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12801,"edition_id":1,"name":"Criminal Procedure","identifier":"19.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":168169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12801,"identifier":"19.2","token":"19.2","url":"\/19.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":82386,"structure_id":14643,"section_number":"19.2-272","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/19.2-272\/","token":"19.2\/16\/2\/19.2-272","metadata":false},{"id":86785,"structure_id":14643,"section_number":"19.2-273","catch_line":"Certificate that witness is needed in another state; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169341,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81271,"identifier":"19.2-275","token":"19.2\/16\/2\/19.2-275","url":"\/19.2-275\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-275\/","token":"19.2\/16\/2\/19.2-275","dublin_core":{"Title":"Arrest of witness","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-275","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the certificate recommends that the witness<\/span> be taken into immediate custody<\/span> and delivered to an officer of the requesting state<\/span> to assure his attendance in the requesting state<\/span>, such judge<\/span> may, in lieu of notification of the hearing<\/span>, direct that such witness<\/span> be forthwith brought before him for the hearing<\/span>; and the judge<\/span> at the hearing<\/span> being satisfied of the desirability of such custody<\/span> and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof<\/span> of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena<\/span> or summons<\/span>, order<\/span> that the witness<\/span> be forthwith taken into custody<\/span> and delivered to an officer of the requesting state<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nARREST OF WITNESS (\u00a7 19.2-275)\n\nIf the certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody\nand delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his attendance in\nthe requesting state, such judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing,\ndirect that such witness be forthwith brought before him for the hearing; and\nthe judge at the hearing being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and\ndelivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of\nsuch desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that the\nwitness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the\nrequesting state.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-272; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","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}}