25 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-328 When jailers and sheriffs to summon or employ guards and other persons; allowances therefor
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Whenever in the discretion of the court it is necessary for the safekeeping of a prisoner under charge of, or sentence for, crime, whether the prisoner be in jail, hospital, court or elsewhere, the court may order the jailer to summon a sufficient guard, and whenever ordered by t…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-329 Allowance to witnesses
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Sections 17.1-612 to 17.1-616, inclusive, shall apply to a person attending as a witness, under a recognizance or summons in a criminal case, as well as to a person attending under a summons in a civil case, except that a person residing out of this Commonwealth, who attends a co…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-330 Compensation to witnesses from out of Commonwealth
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Any witness from without the Commonwealth whose attendance is compelled under the provisions of Chapter 16, Article 2 (§ 19.2-272 et seq.) of this title shall be deemed to render a service within the meaning of § 19.2-332 and the compensation and expenses of such witness, whether…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-331 When Commonwealth pays witnesses in case of misdemeanor
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Payment shall not be made out of the state treasury to a witness attending for the Commonwealth in any prosecution for a misdemeanor unless it appears that the sum to which the witness is entitled cannot be obtained: (1) If it be a case wherein there is a prosecutor and the defen…