                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ARREST BY OFFICERS OF OTHER STATES OF UNITED STATES (§ 19.2-79)

Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another
state of the United States who enters this Commonwealth in close pursuit, and
continues within this Commonwealth in such close pursuit, of a person in order
to arrest him on the ground that he has committed a felony in such other state
shall have the same authority to arrest and hold in custody such person as
members of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of this
Commonwealth have to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he
has committed a felony in this Commonwealth, if the state from which such person
has fled extends similar privileges to any member of a duly organized state,
county or municipal peace unit of this Commonwealth.
		If an arrest is made in this Commonwealth by an officer of another state in
accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of this section, he shall
without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a judge of a general
district court, or of the circuit court, of the county or city in which the
arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the
lawfulness of the arrest. If the judge determines that the arrest was lawful he
shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of
an extradition warrant by the Governor. If the judge determines that the arrest
was unlawful he shall discharge the person arrested.
		The first paragraph of this section shall not be construed so as to make
unlawful any arrest in this Commonwealth which would otherwise be lawful.
		For the purpose of this section the word &#8220;State&#8221; shall include the
District of Columbia.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-97; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.