Code of Virginia
Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses
§ 19.2-275. Arrest of witness

If the certificate recommends that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state to assure his attendance in the requesting state, such judge may, in lieu of notification of the hearing, direct that such witness be forthwith brought before him for the hearing; and the judge at the hearing being satisfied of the desirability of such custody and delivery, for which determination the certificate shall be prima facie proof of such desirability, may, in lieu of issuing subpoena or summons, order that the witness be forthwith taken into custody and delivered to an officer of the requesting state.
Code 1950, § 19.1-272; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses

§ 19.2-267. Provisions applicable to witnesses in criminal as well as civil cases; obligation to attend; summons

§ 19.2-267.1. Authority of law-enforcement officer to issue summons to witness; failure to appear

§ 19.2-267.2. Response to subpoena for information stored in electronic format

§ 19.2-268. Right of accused to testify

§ 19.2-268.1. Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section)

§ 19.2-268.2. Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-268.3. Admissibility of statements by children in certain cases

§ 19.2-269. Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-269.1. Inmates as witnesses in criminal cases

§ 19.2-269.2. Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses

§ 19.2-270. When statement by accused as witness not received as evidence

§ 19.2-270.1. Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions

§ 19.2-270.1:1. Computer and electronic data in obscenity, etc. cases; access to defendant

§ 19.2-270.2. Disposition of money, securities or documents seized upon arrest, etc., and pertinent as evidence

§ 19.2-270.3. Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order

§ 19.2-270.4. When donation, destruction, or return of exhibits received in evidence authorized

§ 19.2-270.4:1. Storage, preservation and retention of human biological evidence in felony cases

§ 19.2-270.5. DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding

§ 19.2-270.6. Evidence of abuse admissible in certain criminal trials (Supreme Court Rule 2:409 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-270.7. Determining decibel level of sound with proper equipment; certificate as to accuracy of equipment

§ 19.2-271. Certain judicial officers incompetent to testify under certain circumstances; exceptions (Supreme Court Rule 2:605 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-271.1. Competency of spouses to testify

§ 19.2-271.2. Testimony of spouses in criminal cases (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-271.3. Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)

§ 19.2-271.4. Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel

§ 19.2-271.5. Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism

§ 19.2-271.6. Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth

§ 19.2-272. Definitions

§ 19.2-273. Certificate that witness is needed in another state; hearing

§ 19.2-274. When court to order witness to attend

§ 19.2-275. Arrest of witness

§ 19.2-276. Penalty for failure to attend and testify

§ 19.2-277. Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth

§ 19.2-278. Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender

§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify

§ 19.2-280. Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process

§ 19.2-281. Construction of article

§ 19.2-282. How article cited