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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1954, chapter 668; in 1968, chapter 477; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68528,"section_number":"37.2-833","catch_line":"Escape, sickness, death, or discharge of a person ordered to be involuntarily admitted while in custody; warrant for person escaping","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-833\/"},{"id":61179,"section_number":"37.2-834","catch_line":"Arrest of certain persons involuntarily admitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-834\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210447,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55319,"identifier":"37.2-835","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/6\/37.2-835","url":"\/37.2-835\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-835\/","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/6\/37.2-835","dublin_core":{"Title":"Arrest without warrant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-835","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any officer authorized to make arrests<\/span> is authorized to make an arrest<\/span> under a warrant issued under the provisions of \u00a7 37.2-833<\/a> or 37.2-834<\/a>, without having the warrant in his possession<\/span>, provided the warrant has been issued and the arresting officer has been advised of the issuance of the warrant by printed message or any form of wire or wireless communication containing the name of the person wanted, directing the disposition<\/span> to be made of the person when apprehended, and stating the basis of the issuance of the warrant.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nARREST WITHOUT WARRANT (\u00a7 37.2-835)\n\nAny officer authorized to make arrests is authorized to make an arrest under a\nwarrant issued under the provisions of \u00a7 37.2-833 or 37.2-834, without having\nthe warrant in his possession, provided the warrant has been issued and the\narresting officer has been advised of the issuance of the warrant by printed\nmessage or any form of wire or wireless communication containing the name of the\nperson wanted, directing the disposition to be made of the person when\napprehended, and stating the basis of the issuance of the warrant.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-97.1; 1954, c. 668; 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-77; 2005, c.\n716.","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}}