Virginia statute

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-113 — Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-113

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-113Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

A person brought into this Commonwealth by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.

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