Bill Text: VA HB1194 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Bail; terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312) [HB1194 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HB1194-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1194 Offered January 13, 2010 Prefiled January 13, 2010 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-130.1, relating to bail terms set by court in capias. ---------- Patron-- Griffith ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-130.1 as follows:

§19.2-130.1. Bail terms set by court on a capias to be honored by magistrate.

A magistrate who is to set the terms of bail of a person arrested and brought before him pursuant to § 19.2-234 shall do so in accordance with the order of the court that issued the capias, if such an order is affixed to or made a part of the capias by the court.