Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org3777648.01-660When affidavits may be read2026Civil Remedies and ProcedureExtraordinary WritsHabeas Corpus

In the discretion of the court or judge before whom the petitioner is brought, the affidavits of witnesses taken by either party, on reasonable notice to the other, may be read as evidence.

Code 1950, § 8-601; 1977, c. 617.