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Code of Virginia
Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure
1/20/2020

Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure (2019 Updates)

  • Chapter 1. General Provisions
    • § 19.2-10.2
      Administrative subpoena issued for record from provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service
  • Chapter 1.1. Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act
  • Chapter 1.2. Physical Evidence Recovery Kits
    • § 19.2-11.13
      (Effective July 1, 2020) Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System
  • Chapter 5. Search Warrants
    • § 19.2-60.1
      Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required
  • Chapter 7. Arrest
    • § 19.2-74
      Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace
  • Chapter 9. Bail and Recognizances
    • Article 1. Bail
      • § 19.2-121
      Fixing terms of bail
      § 19.2-124
      Appeal from bail, bond, or recognizance order
      § 19.2-130
      Bail in subsequent proceeding arising out of initial arrest
      § 19.2-132
      Motion to increase amount of bond fixed by judicial officer; when bond may be increased
    • Article 2. Recognizances
      • § 19.2-143
      Where default recorded; process on recognizance; forfeiture on recognizance; when copy may be used; cash bond
      § 19.2-149
      How surety on a bond in recognizance may surrender principal and be discharged from liability; deposit for surrender of principal
    • Article 5. Pretrial Services Act
      • § 19.2-152.4:3
      Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers
  • Chapter 9.1. Protective Orders
  • Chapter 11. Proceedings on Question of Insanity
    • § 19.2-169.3
      Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant; capital murder charge; sexually violent offense charge
  • Chapter 12. Preliminary Hearing
    • § 19.2-187
      Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis
      § 19.2-187.01
      Certificate of analysis as evidence of chain of custody of material described therein
  • Chapter 13. Grand Juries
    • Article 4. Multi-Jurisdiction Grand Juries
      • § 19.2-215.1
      Functions of a multi-jurisdiction grand jury
      § 19.2-215.9
      Court reporter provided; safekeeping of transcripts, notes, etc.; when disclosure permitted; access to record of testimony and evidence
  • Chapter 14. Presentments, Indictments and Informations
    • Article 4. Process
      • § 19.2-232
      What process to be awarded against accused on indictment, etc.
  • Chapter 15. Trial and Its Incidents
  • Chapter 18. Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 19.2-298.01
      Use of discretionary sentencing guidelines
      § 19.2-299
      Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases
      § 19.2-303
      Suspension or modification of sentence; probation; taking of fingerprints and blood, saliva, or tissue sample as condition of probation
      § 19.2-303.02
      Modification of conditions of suspended sentence or probation to require fingerprinting
      § 19.2-303.2
      Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation
      § 19.2-305.1
      Restitution for property damage or loss; community service
    • Article 1.1. DNA Analysis and Data Bank
      • § 19.2-310.2
      Blood, saliva, or tissue sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction of certain crimes; fee
    • Article 3. Boot Camp Incarceration Program
      • § 19.2-316.1
      Repealed
    • Article 4. Detention Center Incarceration Program
      • § 19.2-316.2
      Repealed
    • Article 5. Diversion Center Incarceration Program
      • § 19.2-316.3
      Repealed
    • Article 6. Community Corrections Alternative Program
      • § 19.2-316.4
      Eligibility for participation in community corrections alternative program; evaluation; sentencing; withdrawal or removal from program; payment of costs
  • Chapter 22.2. Miscellaneous Forfeiture Provisions
    • § 19.2-386.16
      Forfeiture of motor vehicles used in commission of certain crimes
      § 19.2-386.35
      Seizure of property used in connection with certain offenses
  • Chapter 23. Central Criminal Records Exchange
    • § 19.2-388
      Duties and authority of Exchange
      § 19.2-388.1
      Fingerprints submitted by Live Scan device
      § 19.2-389
      (Effective until January 1, 2021) Dissemination of criminal history record information
      § 19.2-390
      Reports to be made by local law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, clerks of court, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Corrections officials to State Police; material submitted by other agencies
      § 19.2-390.03
      Development and dissemination of model policy on fingerprinting and reports to the Central Criminal Records Exchange
      § 19.2-390.3
      Child Pornography Registry; maintenance; access
      § 19.2-392
      Fingerprints and photographs by police authorities
  • Chapter 23.1. Expungement of Criminal Records