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- Va. Code § 19.2-11.01 · Crime victim and witness rights
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.02 · Prohibiting inquiry into the immigration status of certain victims or witnesses of crime
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.1 · Establishment of crime victim-witness assistance programs; funding; minimum standards
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.2 · Crime victim's right to nondisclosure of certain information; exceptions; testimonial privilege
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.3 · Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.4 · Establishment of victim-offender reconciliation program
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.5 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.6 · Anonymous physical evidence recovery kits and anonymous trace evidence collection kits
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.6:1 · Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.7 · Law enforcement taking possession of physical evidence recovery kits and trace evidence collection kits
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.8 · Submission of physical evidence recovery kits and trace evidence collection kits to the Department
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.9 · Lack of compliance with procedures
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.10 · Expungement of DNA profile
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.11 · Victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.12 · Costs of physical evidence recovery kits and trace evidence collection kits
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.13 · Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System
- Va. Code § 19.2-11.14 · Use of artificial intelligence-based tool
- Va. Code § 19.2-12 · Who are conservators of the peace
- Va. Code § 19.2-13 · Special conservators of the peace; authority; jurisdiction; registration; liability of employers; penalty; report
- Va. Code § 19.2-13.1 · Application for special conservator of the peace by locality
- Va. Code § 19.2-14 · Conservators of the peace for fairgrounds and cemeteries; bond required
- Va. Code § 19.2-15 · When conservator appointed under § 19.2-13 need not be a citizen
- Va. Code § 19.2-16 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-17 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-18 · Powers and duties generally
- Va. Code § 19.2-19 · Recognizance to keep the peace; when required
- Va. Code § 19.2-20 · Same; complaint and issuance of warrant therefor
- Va. Code § 19.2-21 · Same; procedure when accused appears
- Va. Code § 19.2-22 · Same; arrest without a warrant
- Va. Code § 19.2-23 · Payment of fees or mileage allowances into county or city treasury
- Va. Code § 19.2-24 · When appeal may be taken; witnesses recognized; bail
- Va. Code § 19.2-25 · Power of court on appeal
- Va. Code § 19.2-26 · Repeal of inconsistent statutes, municipal charters, etc
- Va. Code § 19.2-27 · Effect of repeal of Title 39.1 on prior acts, offenses, etc
- Va. Code § 19.2-28 · Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
- Va. Code § 19.2-29 · References to former sections, articles and chapters in Title 39.1
- Va. Code § 19.2-30 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-31 · Abolition of office of issuing justice
- Va. Code § 19.2-32 · References to justices of the peace
- Va. Code § 19.2-33 · Office of magistrate
- Va. Code § 19.2-34 · Number of magistrates
- Va. Code § 19.2-35 · Appointment; supervision generally
- Va. Code § 19.2-36 · Chief magistrates
- Va. Code § 19.2-37 · Magistrates; eligibility for appointment; restrictions on activities
- Va. Code § 19.2-38 · Probationary period; compensation and benefits; vacancies; revocation of appointment
- Va. Code § 19.2-38.1 · Training standards; training prerequisite to reappointment; waiver
- Va. Code § 19.2-39 · Bond
- Va. Code § 19.2-40 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-41 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-42 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-43 · Duty of Executive Secretary of Supreme Court
- Va. Code § 19.2-44 · Territorial jurisdiction
- Va. Code § 19.2-44.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-45 · Powers enumerated
- Va. Code § 19.2-46 · Compensation
- Va. Code § 19.2-46.1 · Salaries to be fixed by the Executive Secretary; limitations; mileage allowance
- Va. Code § 19.2-46.2 · Full-time magistrates; certification for retirement coverage
- Va. Code § 19.2-47 · Magistrate not to receive claims or evidence of debt for collection
- Va. Code § 19.2-47.1 · Disposition of funds
- Va. Code § 19.2-48 · Audits
- Va. Code § 19.2-48.1 · Quarters for magistrates
- Va. Code § 19.2-49 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-52 · When search warrant may issue
- Va. Code § 19.2-53 · What may be searched and seized
- Va. Code § 19.2-53.1 · Taking blood samples pursuant to search warrant; immunity
- Va. Code § 19.2-54 · Affidavit preliminary to issuance of search warrant; general search warrant prohibited; effect of failure to file affidavit
- Va. Code § 19.2-55 · Issuing general search warrant or search warrant without affidavit deemed malfeasance
- Va. Code § 19.2-56 · (Effective until July 1, 2026) 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
- Va. Code § 19.2-56.1 · Warrant issued for search of attorney's office
- Va. Code § 19.2-56.2 · Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device; installation and use
- Va. Code § 19.2-57 · Execution and return of warrant; list of property seized
- Va. Code § 19.2-58 · Disposition of property seized
- Va. Code § 19.2-59 · Search without warrant prohibited; when search without warrant lawful
- Va. Code § 19.2-59.1 · Strip searches prohibited; exceptions; how strip searches conducted
- Va. Code § 19.2-60 · Motion for return of seized property and to suppress
- Va. Code § 19.2-60.1 · Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required
- Va. Code § 19.2-60.2 · Issuance of search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for information related to menstrual health data prohibited
- Va. Code § 19.2-61 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 19.2-62 · Interception, disclosure, etc., of wire, electronic or oral communications unlawful; penalties; exceptions
- Va. Code § 19.2-63 · Manufacture, possession, sale or advertising of certain devices unlawful; penalties; exceptions
- Va. Code § 19.2-63.1 · Supervision and control of devices; unauthorized possession
- Va. Code § 19.2-64 · Forfeiture of unlawful devices
- Va. Code § 19.2-65 · When intercepted communications and evidence derived therefrom not to be received in evidence
- Va. Code § 19.2-66 · When Attorney General or Chief Deputy Attorney General may apply for order authorizing interception of communications
- Va. Code § 19.2-67 · Disclosure of information obtained by authorized means
- Va. Code § 19.2-68 · Application for and issuance of order authorizing interception; contents of order; recording and retention of intercepted communications, applications and orders; notice to parties; introduction in evidence of information obtained
- Va. Code § 19.2-69 · Civil action for unlawful interception, disclosure, or use
- Va. Code § 19.2-70 · Reports to be filed by courts and Attorney General
- Va. Code § 19.2-70.1 · General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exceptions
- Va. Code § 19.2-70.2 · Application for and issuance of order for a pen register or trap and trace device; assistance in installation and use
- Va. Code § 19.2-70.3 · Obtaining records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service
- Va. Code § 19.2-71 · Who may issue process of arrest
- Va. Code § 19.2-72 · When it may issue; what to recite and require
- Va. Code § 19.2-73 · Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases
- Va. Code § 19.2-73.1 · Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure to appear
- Va. Code § 19.2-73.2 · Law-enforcement officers to issue subpoenas; penalty
- Va. Code § 19.2-74 · Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace
- Va. Code § 19.2-74.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-75 · Copy of process to be left with accused; exception
- Va. Code § 19.2-76 · Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried