Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 10 - Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts

§ 19.2-153. When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to try the case - When the judge of a circuit court in which a...

§ 19.2-154. Death or disability of judge during trial; how another judge procured to continue with trial - If by reason of death, sickness or other disability the...

§ 19.2-155. Disqualification or temporary disability of attorney for Commonwealth; appointment of substitute; powers, duties and compensation of such appointee - If the attorney for the Commonwealth of any county or...

§ 19.2-156. Prolonged absence of attorney for Commonwealth - If it shall be necessary for the attorney for the...

§ 19.2-157. Duty of court when accused appears without counsel - Except as may otherwise be provided in §§ 16.1-266 through...

§ 19.2-158. When person not free on bail shall be informed of right to counsel and amount of bail - Every person charged with an offense described in § 19.2-157,...

§ 19.2-159. Determination of indigency; guidelines; statement of indigence; appointment of counsel - A. If the accused shall claim that he is indigent,...

§ 19.2-159.1. Interrogation by court; filing; change in circumstances; investigation by attorney for Commonwealth - A. The court shall thoroughly interrogate any person making the...

§ 19.2-160. Appointment of counsel or waiver of right - If the charge against the accused is a crime the...

§ 19.2-161. Penalty for false swearing with regard to statement of indigence - Any person charged with a felony who shall falsely swear...

§ 19.2-162. Continuances to be granted if necessary - Courts before which criminal proceedings are pending shall afford such...

§ 19.2-163. Compensation of court-appointed counsel - Upon submission to the court, for which appointed representation is...

§ 19.2-163.01. Virginia Indigent Defense Commission established; powers and duties - A. The Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (hereinafter Indigent Defense Commission...

§ 19.2-163.01:1. Supplementing compensation of public defender - A. The governing body of any county or city may...

§ 19.2-163.02. Membership of Indigent Defense Commission; expenses - The Virginia Indigent Defense Commission shall consist of 14 members...

§ 19.2-163.03. Qualifications for court-appointed counsel - A. Initial qualification requirements. An attorney seeking to represent an...

§ 19.2-163.04. Public defender offices - Public defender offices are established in: a. The City of...

§ 19.2-163.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, cc. 884 and 921.

§ 19.2-163.3. Duties of public defenders - Public defenders shall carry out the following duties in accordance...

§ 19.2-163.4. Inapplicability of §§ 17.1-606 and 19.2-163 where public defender offices established; exception - In counties and cities in which public defender offices are...

§ 19.2-163.4:1. Repayment of representation costs by convicted persons - In any case in which an attorney from a public...

§ 19.2-163.5. Legal services to public defenders and/or assistant public defenders - At the request of a public defender, the Attorney General...

§ 19.2-163.6. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 884 and 921.

§ 19.2-163.7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 and...

§ 19.2-164. Interpreters for non-English-speaking persons (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section) - In any criminal case in which a non-English-speaking person is...

§ 19.2-164.1. Interpreters for the deaf (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section) - In any criminal case in which a deaf person is...

§ 19.2-165. Recording evidence and incidents of trial in felony cases; cost of recording; cost of transcripts; certified transcript deemed prima facie correct; request for copy of transcript - In all criminal cases in a court of record, the...

§ 19.2-165.1. Payment of medical fees in certain criminal cases; reimbursement - A. Except as provided in subsection B, all medical fees...

§ 19.2-166. Court reporters - Each judge of a court of record having jurisdiction over...