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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61276</law_id><section_number>19.2-82</section_number><catch_line>Procedure upon arrest without warrant</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-18</reference><reference>19.2-45</reference><reference>19.2-74</reference><reference>19.2-80.2</reference><reference>19.2-81.6</reference><reference>46.2-940</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A person arrested without a warrant shall be brought forthwith before a magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction who shall proceed to examine the officer making the <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> under <span class="dictionary">oath</span>. If the magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction has lawful <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> upon which to believe that a criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span> has been committed, and that the person arrested has committed such <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, he shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> either a warrant under the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When it may issue; what to recite and require" href="/19.2-72/">19.2-72</a> or a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> under the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases" href="/19.2-73/">19.2-73</a>.
			As used in this section the term &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">brought before a magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction</span>&#x201D; shall include a personal <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> before such authority or any two-way electronic video and audio communication meeting the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards" href="/19.2-3.1/">19.2-3.1</a>, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> that the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> and the arresting officer may simultaneously see and speak to such magistrate or authority. If electronic means are used, any documents filed may be transmitted in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards" href="/19.2-3.1/">19.2-3.1</a>.
			If a warrant is issued the case shall thereafter be disposed of under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Examination of witnesses; assistance of counsel; evidentiary matters and remedies; power to adjourn case" href="/19.2-183/">19.2-183</a> through <a class="law" title="To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified" href="/19.2-190/">19.2-190</a>, if the issuing officer is a <span class="dictionary">judge</span>; under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/19.2-119/">19.2-119</a> through <a class="law" title="When bail piece to be delivered to accused; form of bail piece" href="/19.2-134/">19.2-134</a>, if the issuing officer is a magistrate or other issuing officer having jurisdiction.
			If such warrant or <span class="dictionary">summons</span> is not issued, the person so arrested shall be released. <a id="paragraph-223919" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-82/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A warrant may be issued pursuant to this section, where the person has been arrested in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of law-enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens" href="/19.2-81.6/">19.2-81.6</a>, and the magistrate or other issuing authority examines the officer making the <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> under <span class="dictionary">oath</span>, and finds lawful <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> to believe the arrested individual meets the conditions of clauses (i) and (ii) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of law-enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens" href="/19.2-81.6/">19.2-81.6</a>. If such warrant is issued, it shall recite &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of law-enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens" href="/19.2-81.6/">19.2-81.6</a> and the applicable violation of federal criminal <span class="dictionary">law</span> previously confirmed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Upon the person being taken into federal <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, such state warrant shall be dismissed. Any warrant issued under this subsection shall expire within 72 hours, or when the person is taken into federal <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, whichever occurs first. Recurrent applications for a warrant under this subsection shall not be permitted within a six-month period except where confirmation has been received from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the arrested person will be taken into federal <span class="dictionary">custody</span>. <a id="paragraph-223920" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-82/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-100.1; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 382; 1983, c. 564; 1984, c. 766; 1991, c. 41; 2002, c. 310; 2004, cc. 360, 412; 2009, c. 669.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
