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HOUSE BILL NO. 2060
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled January 11, 2011
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-130.1 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to bail terms set by court on a capias; when honored by
magistrate.
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Patron-- Bell, Robert B.
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-130.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-130.1. Bail terms set by court on a capias to be
honored by magistrate.
A magistrate who is to set the terms of bail of a person
arrested and brought before him pursuant to § 19.2-234 shall do so, unless
circumstances exist that require him to set more restrictive terms, set the terms
of bail in accordance with the order of the court that
issued the capias, if such an order is affixed to or made a part of the capias
by the court.
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