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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353783</law_id><section_number>20-88.79</section_number><catch_line>Grounds for rendition</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="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="10" identifier="5.3">Uniform Interstate Family Support Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="11">Interstate Rendition</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For purposes of this article, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">governor</span>&#x201D; includes an individual performing the functions of <span class="dictionary">governor</span> or the executive authority of a <span class="dictionary">state</span> covered by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1317957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.79/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Governor</span> of this Commonwealth may: <a id="paragraph-1317958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.79/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Demand that the <span class="dictionary">governor</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span> surrender an individual found in the other <span class="dictionary">state</span> who is charged criminally in this Commonwealth with having failed to provide for the support of an <span class="dictionary">obligee</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1317959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.79/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On the demand by the <span class="dictionary">governor</span> of another <span class="dictionary">state</span>, surrender an individual found in this Commonwealth who is charged criminally in another <span class="dictionary">state</span> with having failed to provide for the support of an <span class="dictionary">obligee</span>. <a id="paragraph-1317960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.79/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A provision for <span class="dictionary">extradition</span> of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding <span class="dictionary">state</span> when the <span class="dictionary">crime</span> was allegedly committed and had not fled therefrom. <a id="paragraph-1317961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-88.79/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 673.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
