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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367679</law_id><section_number>53.1-212</section_number><catch_line>Cooperation in enforcement</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>All <span class="dictionary">courts</span>, <span class="dictionary">departments</span>, agencies, officers and employees of this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the Agreement on Detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other <span class="dictionary">party</span> states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-304.3; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
