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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-91 — Extradition of persons not in demanding state at time of commission of crime

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-91

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. § 19.2-91Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
The Governor may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this Commonwealth charged in such other state in the manner provided in § 19.2-87 with committing an act in this Commonwealth, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand. The provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime, and has not fled therefrom.

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