CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTION OF SUCH WITNESSES FROM ARREST OR SERVICE OF PROCESS (§ 19.2-280)

If a person comes into this Commonwealth in obedience to a summons directing him
to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall not while in this
Commonwealth pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of
process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his
entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.If a person passes through
this Commonwealth while going to another state in obedience to a summons to
attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not
while so passing through this Commonwealth be subject to arrest or the service
of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his
entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-277; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.