                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GROUNDS FOR RENDITION (§ 20-88.79)

A. For purposes of this article, &#8220;governor&#8221; includes an individual
performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state
covered by this chapter.

B. The Governor of this Commonwealth may:

   1. Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in
   the other state who is charged criminally in this Commonwealth with having
   failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or

   2. On the demand by the governor of another state, surrender an individual
   found in this Commonwealth who is charged criminally in another state with
   having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.

C. A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter
applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not
in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and had not fled
therefrom.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 673.