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 - Sections 8.01-396.1, 8.01-402, 8.01-405, 8.01-407, and 8.01-408 to 8.01-410, inclusive,...

§ 19.2-267.1. Authority of law-enforcement officer to issue summons to witness; failure to appear - A summons may be issued by a law-enforcement officer during...

§ 19.2-267.2. Response to subpoena for information stored in electronic format - When a subpoena has been served pursuant to Rule 3A:12...

§ 19.2-268. Right of accused to testify - In any case of felony or misdemeanor, the accused may...

§ 19.2-268.1. Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section) - A witness in a criminal case may be cross-examined as...

§ 19.2-268.2. Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section) - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any prosecution for...

§ 19.2-268.3. Admissibility of statements by children in certain cases - A. As used in this section, "offense against children" means...

§ 19.2-269. Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section) - A person convicted of a felony or perjury shall not...

§ 19.2-269.1. Inmates as witnesses in criminal cases - Whenever the Commonwealth or a defendant in a criminal prosecution...

§ 19.2-269.2. Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses - During any criminal proceeding, upon motion of the defendant or...

§ 19.2-270. When statement by accused as witness not received as evidence - In a criminal prosecution, other than for perjury, or in...

§ 19.2-270.1. Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions - In any prosecution for larceny under the provisions of §§...

§ 19.2-270.1:1. Computer and electronic data in obscenity, etc. cases; access to defendant - When computer data or electronic data, stored in any form,...

§ 19.2-270.2. Disposition of money, securities or documents seized upon arrest, etc., and pertinent as evidence - A. When in the course of investigation or arrest, the...

§ 19.2-270.3. Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order - In any prosecution under § 18.2-181 or § 18.2-182 for...

§ 19.2-270.4. When donation, destruction, or return of exhibits received in evidence authorized - A. Except as provided in § 19.2-270.4:1 and unless objection...

§ 19.2-270.4:1. Storage, preservation and retention of human biological evidence in felony cases - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule of court,...

§ 19.2-270.5. DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding - In any criminal proceeding, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing shall be...

§ 19.2-270.6. Evidence of abuse admissible in certain criminal trials (Supreme Court Rule 2:409 derived from this section) - In any criminal prosecution alleging personal injury or death, or...

§ 19.2-270.7. Determining decibel level of sound with proper equipment; certificate as to accuracy of equipment - A law-enforcement officer may use equipment deemed proper pursuant to...

§ 19.2-271. Certain judicial officers incompetent to testify under certain circumstances; exceptions (Supreme Court Rule 2:605 derived from this section) - No judge shall be competent to testify in any criminal...

§ 19.2-271.1. Competency of spouses to testify - Persons married to each other shall be competent witnesses to...

§ 19.2-271.2. Testimony of spouses in criminal cases (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section) - In criminal cases, persons married to each other shall be...

§ 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) - No regular minister, priest, rabbi or accredited practitioner over the...

§ 19.2-271.4. Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel - A. A person who is a member of a critical...

§ 19.2-271.5. Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 19.2-271.6. Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth - A. For the purposes of this section: "Developmental disability" means...

§ 19.2-272. Definitions - "Witness" as used in this article shall include a person...

§ 19.2-273. Certificate that witness is needed in another state; hearing - If a judge of a court of record in any...

§ 19.2-274. When court to order witness to attend - If at such hearing the judge determines that the witness...

§ 19.2-275. Arrest of witness - If the certificate recommends that the witness be taken into...

§ 19.2-276. Penalty for failure to attend and testify - If the witness who is summoned as above provided, after...

§ 19.2-277. Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth - If a person in any state which by its laws...

§ 19.2-278. Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender - If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in...

§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify - If such witness, after coming into this Commonwealth, fails without...

§ 19.2-280. Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process - If a person comes into this Commonwealth in obedience to...

§ 19.2-281. Construction of article - This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to...

§ 19.2-282. How article cited - This article may be cited as the "Uniform Act to...