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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-190.2 — Withdrawal of privately retained counsel
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 12: Preliminary Hearing, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-190.2
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 privately retained counsel in any criminal case may, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client, withdraw from representation of a client without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice of the withdrawal to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court within 10 days of the certification of the charge.
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