Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-85

Definitions

Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

The act spans §§ 19–19 (34 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 173 W. Va. 290 - State v. Guthrie (1984)

Most recently applied in 57 Va. App. 355 - Collins v. Commonwealth (December 2010)

Code 1950, § 19.1-49; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

How often courts cite this section

citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

When appearing in this chapter:

(1) The term "Governor" includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this Commonwealth;

(2) The term "executive authority" includes the Governor, and any person performing the functions of Governor in a state other than this Commonwealth;

(3) The term "State," referring to a state other than this Commonwealth, includes any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States of America, and the District of Columbia; and

(4) The term "judge" means a judge of a court of record having criminal jurisdiction.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.