Virginia Law

Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure (2017 Updates)

• Chapter 1. General Provisions
§ 19.2-3.1

Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; standards

§ 19.2-8

Limitation of prosecutions

• Chapter 1.1. Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act
§ 19.2-11.01

Crime victim and witness rights

§ 19.2-11.2

Crime victim's right to nondisclosure of certain information; exceptions; testimonial privilege

• Chapter 1.2. Physical Evidence Recovery Kits
§ 19.2-11.6

Anonymous physical evidence recovery kits

§ 19.2-11.8

Submission of physical evidence recovery kits to the Department

§ 19.2-11.11

Victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information

§ 19.2-11.12

Costs of physical evidence recovery kits

• Chapter 2. Conservators of the Peace and Special Policemen
• Article 1. Appointment

§ 19.2-12

Who are conservators of the peace

§ 19.2-13

Special conservators of the peace; authority; jurisdiction; registration; liability of employers; penalty; report

• Chapter 5. Search Warrants
§ 19.2-52

When search warrant may issue

§ 19.2-53

What may be searched and seized

§ 19.2-54

Affidavit preliminary to issuance of search warrant; general search warrant prohibited; effect of failure to file affidavit

§ 19.2-56

To whom search warrant directed; what it shall command; warrant to show date and time of issuance; copy of affidavit to be part of warrant and served therewith; warrants not executed within 15 days

• Chapter 7. Arrest
§ 19.2-73

Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases

§ 19.2-81

(Effective until January 15, 2018) Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases

• Chapter 11. Proceedings on Question of Insanity
§ 19.2-169.2

Disposition when defendant found incompetent

§ 19.2-169.6

Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission from local correctional facility

• Chapter 12. Preliminary Hearing
§ 19.2-187

Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis

§ 19.2-187.1

Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances

§ 19.2-190.2

Withdrawal of privately retained counsel

• Chapter 15. Trial and Its Incidents
• Article 1. Jurisdiction

§ 19.2-240

Clerks shall make out criminal docket; transportation orders

• Article 4. Trial by Jury

§ 19.2-263.3

Juror information confidential

• Article 4.1. Trial of Capital Cases

§ 19.2-264.3:1.1

Capital cases; determination of intellectual disability

§ 19.2-264.3:1.2

Expert assistance when issue of defendant's intellectual disability relevant to capital sentencing

§ 19.2-264.3:3

Limitations on use of statements or disclosure by defendant during evaluations

• Chapter 16. Evidence and Witnesses
• Article 1. In General

§ 19.2-271.4

Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel

• Chapter 17. Convictions; Effect Thereof
• Article 3. Conviction of Aliens

§ 19.2-294.2

Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; duties of probation and parole officer

• Chapter 18. Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence
• Article 1. General Provisions

§ 19.2-299

Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases

§ 19.2-305.1

Restitution for property damage or loss; community service

§ 19.2-305.2

Amount of restitution; enforcement

• Chapter 19. Exceptions and Writs of Error
§ 19.2-321.1

Motion in the Court of Appeals for delayed appeal in criminal cases

§ 19.2-321.2

Motion in the Supreme Court for delayed appeal in criminal cases

• Chapter 21. Recovery of Fines and Penalties
• Article 3. Collection and Disposition of Fines

§ 19.2-349

Responsibility for collections; clerks to report unsatisfied fines, etc.; duty of attorneys for Commonwealth; duties of Department of Taxation

• Article 4. Payment of Fines and Costs on Installment Basis, Etc

§ 19.2-354

Authority of court to order payment of fine, costs, forfeitures, penalties or restitution in installments or upon other terms and conditions; community work in lieu of payment

§ 19.2-354.1

Deferred or installment payment agreements

• Chapter 21.1. Compensating Victims of Crime
§ 19.2-368.15

Subrogation of Commonwealth to claimant's right of action; lien in favor of the Commonwealth; disposition of funds collected

• Chapter 23. Central Criminal Records Exchange
§ 19.2-387.2

National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998

§ 19.2-389

Dissemination of criminal history record information

§ 19.2-392.02

National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled