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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351494</law_id><section_number>19.2-252</section_number><catch_line>Court ordering change of venue may admit accused to bail and recognize witnesses; remand of accused not admitted to bail</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="19" identifier="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="2">Venue</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the <span class="dictionary">venue</span> is so changed, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> making the <span class="dictionary">order</span> may admit the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> to <span class="dictionary">bail</span> and shall recognize the witnesses and the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> if admitted to <span class="dictionary">bail</span> and the <span class="dictionary">bail</span> be given, to appear on some certain day before the <span class="dictionary">court</span> to which the case is removed; if the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> be not admitted to <span class="dictionary">bail</span> or the <span class="dictionary">bail</span> required be not given, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">remand</span> him to its own jail and <span class="dictionary">order</span> its officer to remove him thence to the jail of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> to which the case is removed, so that he shall be there before the day for the <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> of the witnesses.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-225; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
