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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82466</law_id><section_number>16.1-255</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on issuance of detention orders for juveniles; appearance by juvenile</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-235.1</reference><reference>16.1-247</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Immediate Custody, Arrest, Detention and Shelter Care</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No detention <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be issued for any juvenile except when authorized by <span class="dictionary">the judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> of a <span class="dictionary">juvenile court</span> or by a <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Limitations as to issuance of warrants for juveniles; detention orders" href="/16.1-256/">16.1-256</a>.
		In matters involving the issuance of detention <span class="dictionary">orders</span> each state or local court service unit shall ensure the capability of a prompt response by an <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> who is either on duty or on call.
		A child may appear before an <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> either (i) by personal <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> before the <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> or (ii) by the use of two-way electronic video and audio communication. All communications and proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner and the <span class="dictionary">intake officer</span> shall have the same powers as if the <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> were in person. Any documents filed may be transmitted by facsimile and the facsimile and any signatures thereon shall serve, for all purposes, as an original document. Any two-way electronic video and audio communication system used shall comply with the provisions of subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards" href="/19.2-3.1/">19.2-3.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 559; 1985, c. 260; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 862; 2002, c. 700.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
