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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1398203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351976,"identifier":"19.2-98","token":"19.2\/8\/2\/19.2-98","url":"\/19.2-98\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-98\/","token":"19.2\/8\/2\/19.2-98","dublin_core":{"Title":"Same; for prisoners being taken through Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-98","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following <span class=\"dictionary\">extradition<\/span> proceedings in another state or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving <span class=\"dictionary\">extradition<\/span> in such other state, and who is passing through this Commonwealth with such prisoner for the purpose of returning immediately such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass; and the keeper of such jail shall receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping, provided, however, that such officer or agent shall deliver to the jailer the warrant or legal <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> authorizing <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of the prisoner. 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Such\nprisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-62; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}