                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ARREST PRIOR TO REQUISITION (§ 19.2-99)

Whenever: (1) any person within this Commonwealth shall be charged on the oath
of any credible person before any judge, magistrate or other officer authorized
to issue criminal warrants in this Commonwealth with the commission of any crime
in any other state and, except in cases arising under § 19.2-91, (a) with
having fled from justice, (b) with having been convicted of a crime in that
state and of having escaped from confinement, or (c) of having broken the terms
of his bail, probation, or parole, or (2) complaint shall have been made before
any such judge, magistrate or other officer in this Commonwealth setting forth
on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been
committed in such other state and that the accused has been charged in such
state with the commission of the crime, and, except in cases arising under §
19.2-91, (a) has fled from justice, (b) having been convicted of a crime in that
state has escaped from confinement, or (c) broken the terms of his bail,
probation or parole, and that the accused is believed to be in this
Commonwealth, such judge, magistrate or other officer shall issue a warrant
directed to any sheriff or to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend the
person named therein, wherever he may be found in this Commonwealth, and to
bring him before any judge who may be available in or convenient of access to
the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge of complaint and
affidavit. A certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon
which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-63; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.