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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66672</law_id><section_number>19.2-80</section_number><catch_line>Duty of arresting officer; bail</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-234</reference><reference>19.2-80.2</reference><reference>37.2-919</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>In any case in which an officer does not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace" href="/19.2-74/">19.2-74</a> or &#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>, a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer making an <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> under a warrant or <span class="dictionary">capias</span> shall bring the arrested person without unnecessary delay before a judicial officer. The judicial officer shall immediately conduct a <span class="dictionary">bail</span> <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> and either admit the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> to <span class="dictionary">bail</span> or commit him to jail. However, if (i) the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> is charged with a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and is brought before a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to try the case and (ii) both the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> and the Commonwealth consent, the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> may proceed to <span class="dictionary">trial</span> instead of conducting a <span class="dictionary">bail</span> <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-98; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1979, c. 679; 1986, c. 327; 1997, c. 10.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
