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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83719</law_id><section_number>16.1-93.1</section_number><catch_line>Use of telephonic communication systems or electronic video and audio communication systems to conduct hearing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="6">Venue, Jurisdiction and Procedure in Civil Matters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Procedure in Civil Cases</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, in any proceeding under this chapter in which a <span class="dictionary">party</span> or <span class="dictionary">witness</span> is incarcerated or when otherwise authorized by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may, in its discretion, conduct any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> using a telephonic communication system or an electronic audio and video communication system to provide for the <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> of any parties and witnesses. Any electronic audio and video communication system used to conduct such a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall meet the standards set forth in 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>2001, c. 513.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
