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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64652</law_id><section_number>46.2-940</section_number><catch_line>When arresting officer shall take person before issuing authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-1726</reference><reference>46.2-936</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="17">Legal Procedures and Requirements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person is (i) believed by the arresting officer to have committed a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or (ii) believed by the arresting officer to be likely to disregard a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> issued under &#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>, the arresting officer shall promptly take him before a <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> or other issuing authority having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and proceed in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Procedure upon arrest without warrant" href="/19.2-82/">19.2-82</a>. The <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> or other authority may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> either a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> or warrant as he shall determine proper.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-194; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-179; 1966, c. 639; 1972, c. 474; 1981, c. 382; 1989, c. 727; 2006, c. 276; 2020, cc. 964, 965; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 338.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
