Virginia Statutes
§ 37.2-920 — Appeal by Attorney General; emergency custody order
Virginia § 37.2-920
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 37.2Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Subtitle IIIAdmissions and Dispositions
Ch. 9Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 37.2-920 (2026).
Text
In any case in which the Attorney General successfully appeals the trial court's denial of probable cause, denial of civil commitment or conditional release, or discharge or placement on conditional release after an annual review hearing, upon the issuance of the mandate by the Court of Appeals, the trial court shall immediately issue an emergency custody order to any local law-enforcement official to have the person taken into custody and held in the local correctional facility, pending further appropriate proceedings.
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Legislative History
2006, cc. 863, 914; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 37.2-100
Definitions§ 37.2-1000
Repealed§ 37.2-1031
Repealed§ 37.2-1100
Definitions§ 37.2-1101
Judicial authorization of treatment§ 37.2-1102
Certain actions may not be authorized§ 37.2-1105
Appeal from order§ 37.2-1107
Fees and expenses§ 37.2-1108
Effect of chapter on other laws§ 37.2-1109
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