# Article 1 In General

This article is comprised of the following sections:

- §19.2-267 Provisions applicable to witnesses in criminal as well as civil cases; obligation to attend; summons
- §19.2-267.1 Authority of law-enforcement officer to issue summons to witness; failure to appear
- §19.2-267.2 Response to subpoena for information stored in electronic format
- §19.2-268 Right of accused to testify
- §19.2-268.1 Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section)
- §19.2-268.2 Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)
- §19.2-268.3 Admissibility of statements by children in certain cases
- §19.2-269 Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section)
- §19.2-269.1 Inmates as witnesses in criminal cases
- §19.2-269.2 Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses
- §19.2-270 When statement by accused as witness not received as evidence
- §19.2-270.1 Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions
- §19.2-270.1:1 Computer and electronic data in obscenity, etc. cases; access to defendant
- §19.2-270.2 Disposition of money, securities or documents seized upon arrest, etc., and pertinent as evidence
- §19.2-270.3 Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order
- §19.2-270.4 When donation, destruction, or return of exhibits received in evidence authorized
- §19.2-270.4:1 Storage, preservation and retention of human biological evidence in felony cases
- §19.2-270.5 DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding
- §19.2-270.6 Evidence of abuse admissible in certain criminal trials (Supreme Court Rule 2:409 derived from this section)
- §19.2-270.7 Determining decibel level of sound with proper equipment; certificate as to accuracy of equipment
- §19.2-271 Certain judicial officers incompetent to testify under certain circumstances; exceptions (Supreme Court Rule 2:605 derived from this section)
- §19.2-271.1 Competency of spouses to testify
- §19.2-271.2 Testimony of spouses in criminal cases (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)
- §19.2-271.3 Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)
- §19.2-271.4 Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel
- §19.2-271.5 Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism
- §19.2-271.6 Evidence of defendant’s mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth
- §19.2-271.7 Notifying defendant of consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration