Bill Text: VA SB485 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Magistrates; authorized to exercise powers regarding search warrants throughout Commonwealth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305) [SB485 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-SB485-Enrolled.html
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 §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. |