This article is comprised of the following sections:
- §8.01-654 When and where petition filed; what petition to contain
- §8.01-654.1 Repealed
- §8.01-655 Form and contents of petition filed by prisoner
- §8.01-656 Repealed
- §8.01-658 When and from whom response required; dismissal of habeas petition without prejudice
- §8.01-659 Repealed
- §8.01-660 When affidavits may be read
- §8.01-661 Facts proved may be made part of record
- §8.01-662 Judgment of court or judge trying it; payment of costs and expenses when petition denied
- §8.01-663 Judgment conclusive
- §8.01-664 How and when Supreme Court summoned to try appeal therefrom
- §8.01-665 When execution of judgment suspended; when prisoner admitted to bail
- §8.01-666 When and by whom writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum granted
- §8.01-667 Transmission of records to federal court
- §8.01-668 Writ de homine abolished