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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367678</law_id><section_number>53.1-211</section_number><catch_line>Meaning of &amp;#8220;appropriate court.&amp;#8221;</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="8" identifier="8">Agreement on Detainers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The phrase &#x201C;appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span>&#x201D; as used in the Agreement on Detainers shall, with reference to the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of this Commonwealth, mean <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and district <span class="dictionary">courts</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-304.2; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
