CODE OF VIRGINIA WHERE PROCESS OF ARREST MAY BE EXECUTED (§ 19.2-236) When process of arrest in a criminal prosecution is issued from a court, either against a party accused or a witness, the officer to whom it is directed or delivered may execute it in any part of the Commonwealth. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-182; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.