Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7915219.2-218Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge of felony; waiver2025Criminal ProcedurePresentments, Indictments and InformationsNecessity for Indictment, Etc

No person who is arrested on a charge of felony shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believe that he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused.

Code 1950, § 19.1-163.1; 1960, c. 389; 1975, c. 495.