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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 66<\/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 2020, chapters 993<\/a> and 994<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69430,"section_number":"17.1-513","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of circuit courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-513\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61367,"section_number":"19.2-119","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-119\/"},{"id":81313,"section_number":"19.2-327.2","catch_line":"Issuance of writ of actual innocence based on biological evidence","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-327.2\/"},{"id":66253,"section_number":"19.2-327.5","catch_line":"Relief under writ","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-327.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75395,"identifier":"19.2-327.2:1","token":"19.2\/19.2\/19.2-327.2_1","url":"\/19.2-327.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-327.2_1\/","token":"19.2\/19.2\/19.2-327.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-327.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Attorney General<\/span> may join in a petition<\/span> for a writ<\/span> of actual innocence made pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-327.2<\/a>. When such petition<\/span> is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition<\/span> and attachments<\/span> thereto and the Attorney General<\/span>’s answer with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> that entered the felony<\/span> conviction<\/span> or adjudication of delinquency and move the court<\/span> for a hearing<\/span> to consider release of the person on bail<\/span> pursuant to Chapter 9 (\u00a7 19.2-119<\/a> et seq.). Upon hearing<\/span> and for good cause shown, the court<\/span> may order<\/span> the person released from custody<\/span> subject to the terms and conditions of bail<\/span> so established, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court<\/span> on the writ<\/span> under \u00a7 19.2-327.5<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION FOR WRIT OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE JOINED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; RELEASE OF\nPRISONER; BOND HEARING (\u00a7 19.2-327.2:1)\n\nThe Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made\npursuant to \u00a7 19.2-327.2. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may\nfile a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney\nGeneral’s answer with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction\nor adjudication of delinquency and move the court for a hearing to consider\nrelease of the person on bail pursuant to Chapter 9 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.). Upon\nhearing and for good cause shown, the court may order the person released from\ncustody subject to the terms and conditions of bail so established, pending a\nruling by the Supreme Court on the writ under \u00a7 19.2-327.5.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 66; 2020, cc. 993, 994.","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}}