Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-3
This is the official text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-3, part of Virginia’s Code of Virginia — the complete compiled statutory law of Virginia, organized into 60+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 18.2, “Crimes and Offenses Generally.”
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Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
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Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued before October 1, 1975, shall be valid although given, taken or to be returned to a day after such date, in like manner as if this title had been effective before the same was given, taken or issued.
1975, cc. 14, 15.
1975, cc. 14, 15.
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