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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351974</law_id><section_number>19.2-96</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for noncompliance with preceding section</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="13" identifier="8">Extradition of Criminals</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Uniform Criminal Extradition Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any officer who shall deliver to the agent for <span class="dictionary">extradition</span> of the demanding state a person in his <span class="dictionary">custody</span> under the <span class="dictionary">Governor</span>&#x2019;s warrant in willful disobedience to the last preceding section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-60; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
