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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81252</law_id><section_number>53.1-161</section_number><catch_line>Arrest and return of parolee; warrant; release pending adjudication of violation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-154</reference><reference>53.1-164</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Procedures Governing Parole</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Chairman or any member of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may at any time upon information or a showing of a violation or a probable violation by any parolee of any of the terms or conditions upon which he was released on <span class="dictionary">parole</span> <span class="dictionary">issue</span>, or cause to be issued, a warrant for the <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> and return of the parolee to the institution from which he was paroled, or to any other correctional facility that may be designated by the Chairman or member. However, a determination of whether a parolee returned to a correctional facility pursuant to this subsection shall be returned to a state or <span class="dictionary">local correctional facility</span> shall be made based on the length of the parolee&#x2019;s original sentence as set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director" href="/53.1-20/">53.1-20</a>. Each such warrant shall authorize all officers named therein to <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> and return the parolee to actual <span class="dictionary">custody</span> in the facility from which he was paroled, or to any other facility designated by the Chairman or member.
		In any case in which the parolee is charged with the violation of any <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the violation of which caused the issuance of such warrant, upon request of the parolee or his attorney, the Chairman or member shall as soon as practicable consider all the circumstances surrounding the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> of such violation, including the probability of <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> thereof, and may, after such consideration, release the parolee, pending adjudication of the violation charged.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-258; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 253; 1976, c. 45; 1978, c. 227; 1982, c. 636; 1990, cc. 676, 768; 2000, c. 767; 2023, c. 618; 2025, c. 716.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
