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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-189 — Commitment of accused for further examination
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 12: Preliminary Hearing, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-189
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.
If the accused be committed, it shall be by an order of the judge stating that he is committed for further examination on a day specified in the order. And on that day he may be brought before such judge by his verbal order to the officer by whom he was committed, or by a written order to a different person.
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