Virginia § 19.2-113 Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions

Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-113 — Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions

Virginia § 19.2-113

Title 19.2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 8EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS

Art. 2UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-113 (2026).

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A person brought into this Commonwealth by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.

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A person brought into this Commonwealth by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.