                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF DETENTION ORDERS FOR JUVENILES; APPEARANCE BY JUVENILE
(§ 16.1-255)

No detention order shall be issued for any juvenile except when authorized by
the judge or intake officer of a juvenile court or by a magistrate as provided
in § 16.1-256.
		In matters involving the issuance of detention orders each state or local
court service unit shall ensure the capability of a prompt response by an intake
officer who is either on duty or on call.
		A child may appear before an intake officer either (i) by personal appearance
before the intake officer or (ii) by the use of two-way electronic video and
audio communication. All communications and proceedings shall be conducted in
the same manner and the intake officer shall have the same powers as if the
appearance were in person. Any documents filed may be transmitted by facsimile
and the facsimile and any signatures thereon shall serve, for all purposes, as
an original document. Any two-way electronic video and audio communication
system used shall comply with the provisions of subsection B of § 19.2-3.1.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 559; 1985, c. 260; 1996, cc. 755, 914; 1997, c. 862; 2002, c.
700.