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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-151 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-151. Satisfaction and discharge of assault and similar charges.
When a person is in jail or under a recognizance to answer a charge of assault
and battery or other misdemeanor, or has been indicted for an assault and
battery or other misdemeanor, for which there is a remedy by civil action,
unless the offense was committed (i) by or upon any law-enforcement
officer, or (ii) riotously in violation of
§§ 18.2-404 to 18.2-407, (iii) against a family or household
member in violation of § 18.2-57.2 and the person charged has before been
convicted of a violation of § 18.2-57.2 or had a charge of such a
violation dismissed pursuant to this section or by a nolle prosequi, or
(iv) with intent to commit a felony, if the party
person injured appear appears before the
judge who court which made the commitment or took the
recognizance, or before the court in which the indictment is pending, and
acknowledge acknowledges in writing that he has received
satisfaction for the injury, such judge, or the court
may, in his or its discretion, by an order, supersede the
commitment, discharge the recognizance, or dismiss the prosecution, upon
payment by the defendant of costs accrued to the Commonwealth or any of its
officers.