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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69611</law_id><section_number>53.1-170</section_number><catch_line>Rights of parolee or probationer at hearing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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>With respect to any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held pursuant to this article, the parolee or probationer:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Shall have reasonable notice in writing of the nature and content of the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> made, including notice that its purpose is to determine whether there is <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> to believe that he has committed a violation of a condition of <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation</span>; <a id="paragraph-251671" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-170/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Shall be permitted to consult with any persons whose assistance he reasonably desires, prior to the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>; <a id="paragraph-251672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-170/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Shall have the right to confront and examine any person who has made <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> or given <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> against him, unless the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> officer determines that such confrontation would present a substantial present or subsequent danger of harm to such person; <a id="paragraph-251673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-170/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> May admit, deny or explain the violation alleged and may present proof, including <span class="dictionary">affidavits</span> and other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, in support of his contentions. <a id="paragraph-251674" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-170/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-290.3; 1975, c. 39; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
