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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-100 — Arrest without warrant
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-100
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
A. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. But when so arrested the accused shall be taken before a judge, magistrate or other officer authorized to issue criminal warrants in the Commonwealth with all practicable speed and complaint made against him under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in § 19.2-99 , and thereafter his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
B. The arrest of a person without a warrant is prohibited if the arrest is related to criminal liability that is based on protected health care activity as defined in § 32.1-377.
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