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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59781</law_id><section_number>19.2-114</section_number><catch_line>Written waiver of extradition proceedings</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Extradition of Criminals</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Uniform Criminal Extradition Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person arrested in this Commonwealth charged with having committed any <span class="dictionary">crime</span> in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of his <span class="dictionary">bail</span>, <span class="dictionary">probation</span> or <span class="dictionary">parole</span> may <span class="dictionary">waive</span> the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuance of Governor's warrant of arrest; its recitals" href="/19.2-92/">19.2-92</a> and <a class="law" title="Manner and place of execution of warrant" href="/19.2-93/">19.2-93</a> and all other procedures incidental to <span class="dictionary">extradition</span> proceedings by executing or subscribing in the presence of a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> or district <span class="dictionary">court</span> within this Commonwealth a writing which states that he consents to return to the demanding state. However, before the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> is executed or subscribed by the person, it shall be the duty of the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> to inform the person of his rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of <span class="dictionary">extradition</span> and to obtain a <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of <span class="dictionary">habeas corpus</span> as provided for in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rights of accused persons; application for writ of habeas corpus" href="/19.2-95/">19.2-95</a>.
		If and when such consent has been duly executed, it shall forthwith be forwarded to the office of the <span class="dictionary">Governor</span> and filed therein. The <span class="dictionary">judge</span> shall direct the officer having the person in <span class="dictionary">custody</span> to promptly deliver him to the duly accredited agent of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent a copy of the consent.
		This section shall not be deemed to limit the rights of the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> procedure be deemed to be an executive procedure or to limit the powers, rights or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-78; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1992, c. 306.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
