Thursday, December 4, 2008
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SB771: Extradition; sheriff or police chief may hire private entity to perform on behalf of State.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-92 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-92. Issuance of Governor's warrant of arrest; its recitals.
If the Governor decides that a demand for the extradition of a
person, charged with, or convicted of, crime in another state should be
complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with
the state seal, and be directed to the sheriff or sergeant police
chief of any county or city or to any peace officer or other
person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. However,
nothing herein shall prevent the sheriff or police chief of a
county or city who has been directed to execute such warrant from authorizing a
private citizen to perform such arrest. The
warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its
issuance. Any electronically transmitted facsimile of a Governor's warrant
shall be treated as an original document, provided the original is received
within four days of receipt of the facsimile.
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