{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-218","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-218","heading":"Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge of felony; waiver","body":"No person who is arrested on a charge of felony shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believe that he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused.Code 1950, § 19.1-163.1; 1960, c. 389; 1975, c. 495.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 14. PRESENTMENTS, INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS","Article 1. NECESSITY FOR INDICTMENT, ETC"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-218/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"61ab75939e2c74a57588d1c4ba1619ddde0f2030990fb80e45edaf01feecb663","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-217.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-218.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}