                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPRESENTATION OF COMMONWEALTH AND PERSON SUBJECT TO COMMITMENT; NATURE OF
PROCEEDINGS (§ 37.2-915)

The Attorney General shall represent the Commonwealth in all proceedings held
pursuant to this chapter. The Attorney General shall receive prior written
notice of all proceedings held under this chapter in which he is to represent
the Commonwealth.
		The court shall appoint counsel for the person subject to commitment or
conditional release pursuant to subsection C of § 37.2-906 unless the person
waives his right to counsel. The court shall consider appointment of the person
who represented the person in previous proceedings.
		All proceedings held under this chapter shall be civil proceedings.

HISTORY: 1999, cc. 946, 985, § 37.1-70.16; 2001, c. 776; 2003, cc. 989, 1018;
2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 121, 246.