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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-218 — Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge of felony; waiver
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: Necessity for Indictment, Etc, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-218
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.
No person who is arrested on a charge of felony shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believe that he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused.
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