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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79219</law_id><section_number>19.2-75</section_number><catch_line>Copy of process to be left with accused; exception</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>62.1-194.2</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="7">Arrest</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Arrest for misdemeanor; release on summons; right to demand hearing immediately or within 24 hours; issuance of warrant on request of officer for violations of &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-301 and 46.2-302; violations" href="/46.2-936/">46.2-936</a>, any process issued against a person charged with a criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span> shall be in duplicate and the officer serving such process shall leave a copy with the person charged.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-92; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
