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2014 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 16.1-69.25 and 19.2-44 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 16.1-69.25. Judge may issue warrants, summons, and subpoenas.
Except as otherwise provided by general law, a judge of a
district court may, within the scope of his general jurisdiction within the
area which his court serves, issue warrants, summons, and subpoenas,
including subpoenas duces tecum or other process, in civil, traffic and
criminal cases, to be returned before his court, and may also issue fugitive
warrants and conduct proceedings thereon in accordance with the provisions of
§§ 19.2-99 through 19.2-104.
§ 19.2-44. Territorial jurisdiction.
A magistrate shall be authorized to exercise the powers conferred
on magistrates by this title only in the magisterial region or regions
for which he is appointed, except that a magistrate may issue search
warrants in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (§ 19.2-52 et seq.)
throughout the Commonwealth. However, a A magistrate may
exercise these all powers conferred on magistrates by this
title throughout the Commonwealth when so authorized by the Executive
Secretary upon a determination that such assistance is necessary.