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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-190 — To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 12: Preliminary Hearing, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-190
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.
Every examination and recognizance for a felony taken under this chapter, shall, by the person taking it, be certified to the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city in which the party charged is to be tried, or the witness is to appear, on or before the first day of its next term. If he fails he may be compelled to do so by attachment as for a contempt.
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