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2001 SESSION


CHAPTER 226
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-92 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the electronic transmission of a Governor's warrant.
[H 2421]
Approved March 14, 2001

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 of any county or city or to any peace officer or other person whom he may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof. 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.