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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351471</law_id><section_number>19.2-236</section_number><catch_line>Where process of arrest may be executed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="18" identifier="14">Presentments, Indictments and Informations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="4">Process</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When process of <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> in a criminal <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> is issued from a <span class="dictionary">court</span>, either against a <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">accused</span> or a <span class="dictionary">witness</span>, the officer to whom it is directed or delivered may execute it in any part of the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-182; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
