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The Board may authorize any member or other authorized representative of the Board to hold and conduct hearings, issue subpoenas, and administer oaths and take testimony thereunder. If any person fails or refuses to obey any such subpoena issued by the Board or any member or other authorized representative thereof, or hinders the orderly conduct and decorum of any hearing held and conducted by the Board or any member or other authorized representative thereof, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228756,"text":"The Board is authorized to hold and conduct revocation hearings; to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, memoranda, papers and other documents before the Board or any representative of the Board; and to administer oaths and take testimony thereunder. The Board may authorize any member or other authorized representative of the Board to hold and conduct hearings, issue subpoenas, and administer oaths and take testimony thereunder. If any person fails or refuses to obey any such subpoena issued by the Board or any member or other authorized representative thereof, or hinders the orderly conduct and decorum of any hearing held and conducted by the Board or any member or other authorized representative thereof, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15118,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12764,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:16","permalink":{"id":238891,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15118,"identifier":"1","token":"53.1\/4\/1","url":"\/53.1\/4\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12764,"edition_id":1,"name":"Probation and Parole","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12717,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":238889,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12764,"identifier":"4","token":"53.1\/4","url":"\/53.1\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12717,"edition_id":1,"name":"Prisons and Other Methods of Correction","identifier":"53.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12717,"identifier":"53.1","token":"53.1","url":"\/53.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65510,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-134","catch_line":"Virginia Parole Board; appointment of members","url":"\/53.1-134\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-134","metadata":false},{"id":57599,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-134.1","catch_line":"Board decisions; voting requirements","url":"\/53.1-134.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-134.1","metadata":false},{"id":65519,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-135","catch_line":"Chairman; Vice-Chairman of Board","url":"\/53.1-135\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-135","metadata":false},{"id":80848,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-136","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates; report","url":"\/53.1-136\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-136","metadata":false},{"id":62737,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-137","catch_line":"Revocation hearings and subpoenas; penalty for disobeying subpoena or hindering hearing","url":"\/53.1-137\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-137","metadata":false},{"id":83000,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-138","catch_line":"Access to prisoners; reports of prison officials","url":"\/53.1-138\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-138","metadata":false},{"id":64646,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-139","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Chairman","url":"\/53.1-139\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-139","metadata":false},{"id":68480,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-139.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/53.1-139.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-139.1","metadata":false},{"id":60739,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-140","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director of Department","url":"\/53.1-140\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-140","metadata":false},{"id":76414,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-140.1","catch_line":"Department to provide services","url":"\/53.1-140.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-140.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":80848,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-136","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates; report","url":"\/53.1-136\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-136","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83000,"structure_id":15118,"section_number":"53.1-138","catch_line":"Access to prisoners; reports of prison officials","url":"\/53.1-138\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-138","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/53.1-137\/","history_text":"<p>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 1970, chapter 648; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1985, chapter 174.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62737,"identifier":"53.1-137","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-137","url":"\/53.1-137\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-137\/","token":"53.1\/4\/1\/53.1-137","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation hearings and subpoenas; penalty for disobeying subpoena or hindering hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> is authorized to hold and conduct <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span>; to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span> requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, memoranda, papers and other documents before the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> or any representative of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>; and to administer <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> and take <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> thereunder. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may authorize any member or other authorized representative of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to hold and conduct <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span>, and administer <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> and take <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> thereunder. 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The Board may\nauthorize any member or other authorized representative of the Board to hold and\nconduct hearings, issue subpoenas, and administer oaths and take testimony\nthereunder. If any person fails or refuses to obey any such subpoena issued by\nthe Board or any member or other authorized representative thereof, or hinders\nthe orderly conduct and decorum of any hearing held and conducted by the Board\nor any member or other authorized representative thereof, he shall be guilty of\na Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-239; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1985, c. 174.","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}}