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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79078</law_id><section_number>53.1-168</section_number><catch_line>Procedure when reincarceration of out-of-state parolee or probationer should be considered</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-173</reference><reference>53.1-174</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="5">Virginia Model Interstate Parole and Probation Hearings Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When supervision of a parolee or probationer is being administered by this Commonwealth pursuant to Article 4 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Governor to execute compact" href="/53.1-166/">53.1-166</a> et seq.) of this chapter and such parolee or probationer is arrested pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Arrest of parolee without warrant; written statement" href="/53.1-162/">53.1-162</a> or upon a warrant issued by the state where he was paroled or placed on <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and charged with violation of the terms or conditions of <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation</span>, a <span class="dictionary">preliminary hearing</span> at or near the site of the alleged violation may be held in accordance with this article. The purpose of such hearing shall be to determine whether there is <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> to believe that the parolee or probationer has committed a violation of a condition of <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-290.1; 1975, c. 39; 1977, c. 106; 1978, c. 341; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
