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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-366 — Duty of court in which petition filed; certificate and opinion

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 6: Relief from Fines and Penalties, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-366

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.

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-366Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
The court wherein such petition is filed shall hear all such testimony as may be offered, either by the petitioner or attorney for the Commonwealth, and after the evidence has been heard shall cause to be made out by the clerk of the court a certificate of the facts proved, and file with the same an opinion, in writing, as to the propriety of granting the relief prayed for.

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