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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70813</law_id><section_number>19.2-266.3</section_number><catch_line>Continuances; appearances of parties</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="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the <span class="dictionary">court</span> grants a <span class="dictionary">continuance</span> in advance of the date of a scheduled <span class="dictionary">trial</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, if the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> acknowledges in writing, on a form provided by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, that he promises to appear in <span class="dictionary">court</span> on the date and time of the newly scheduled <span class="dictionary">trial</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall not require <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> or the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> to appear on the date when the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> was originally scheduled. However, if the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> is in violation of the terms of his pretrial release or has failed to appear at any <span class="dictionary">court</span> proceeding, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may require the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> to appear on the date when the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> was originally scheduled as a condition of any <span class="dictionary">continuance</span> granted.</p></section></text><history>2013, c. 154.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
