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It has been modified 4 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; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0214\">214<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0226\">226<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0059\">59<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59781,"section_number":"19.2-114","catch_line":"Written waiver of extradition proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-114\/"},{"id":82582,"section_number":"19.2-390","catch_line":"Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-390\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56509,"identifier":"19.2-92","token":"19.2\/8\/2\/19.2-92","url":"\/19.2-92\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-92\/","token":"19.2\/8\/2\/19.2-92","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of Governor&#8217;s warrant of arrest; its recitals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-92","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Governor<\/span> decides that a demand for the <span class=\"dictionary\">extradition<\/span> of a person, charged with, or convicted of, <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span> in another state should be complied with, he shall sign a <span class=\"dictionary\">warrant of arrest<\/span>, which shall be <span class=\"dictionary\">sealed<\/span> with the state seal, and be directed to the sheriff or sergeant of any county or city or to any <span class=\"dictionary\">peace officer<\/span> or other person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. 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The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the\nvalidity of its issuance. Any electronically transmitted facsimile of a\nGovernor&#8217;s warrant shall be treated as an original document, provided the\noriginal is received within four working days of receipt of the facsimile.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-56; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 2001, cc. 214, 226;\n2011, c. 59.","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}}