                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEDURE AFTER ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT (§ 52-21)

Except in the case of a violation of a provision of Title 46.2, in which case
the officer making the arrest shall proceed as provided in § 46.2-936, the
officer making the arrest shall forthwith bring the person so arrested before an
officer authorized to issue criminal warrants in the county or city where the
arrest is made. The officer before whom such person is brought shall proceed to
examine the officer making the arrest. If the officer before whom such person is
brought has reasonable grounds upon which to believe that a criminal offense has
been committed, and that the person arrested has committed such offense, he
shall issue such a warrant as might have been issued prior to the arrest of such
person under the provisions of § 19.2-72. If such a warrant is issued the case
shall thereafter be disposed of in like manner as though the warrant had been
issued prior to the arrest. If such a warrant be not issued the person so
arrested shall be released.

HISTORY: 1942, p. 481; Michie Code 1942, § 4827a; 1960, c. 375; 1962, c. 22;
1982, c. 35.