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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74995</law_id><section_number>19.2-271.1</section_number><catch_line>Competency of spouses to testify</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="16">Evidence and Witnesses</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Persons married to each other shall be competent witnesses to testify for or against each other in criminal cases, except as otherwise provided.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-287; 1977, c. 624; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
