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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367615</law_id><section_number>53.1-169</section_number><catch_line>Who may hold hearings; procedures therefor</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="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Virginia Model Interstate Parole and Probation Hearings Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held pursuant to this article may be before the person or persons designated by the compact administrator of this Commonwealth or his designee to hold <span class="dictionary">preliminary hearings</span> involving alleged <span class="dictionary">parole</span> or <span class="dictionary">probation violations</span>. No <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> officer, however, shall be the person or the direct supervisor of the person making the <span class="dictionary">allegation</span> of violation. <a id="paragraph-1368399" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-169/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The compact administrator of this Commonwealth or his designee shall establish a procedure for the administrative hearings held pursuant to this article. <a id="paragraph-1368400" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-169/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-290.2; 1975, c. 39; 1977, c. 106; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
