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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58683</law_id><section_number>19.2-234</section_number><catch_line>Procedure when person arrested under capias</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-130.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Presentments, Indictments and Informations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Process</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An officer who, under a <span class="dictionary">capias</span> from any <span class="dictionary">court</span>, <span class="dictionary">arrests</span> a person <span class="dictionary">accused</span> of an <span class="dictionary">offense</span> shall proceed in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Duty of arresting officer; bail" href="/19.2-80/">19.2-80</a> and Article 1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2 regarding <span class="dictionary">bail</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-183; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1986, c. 327.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
