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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351403,"identifier":"19.2-190.2","token":"19.2\/12\/19.2-190.2","url":"\/19.2-190.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-190.2\/","token":"19.2\/12\/19.2-190.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Withdrawal of privately retained counsel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-190.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A privately retained counsel<\/span> in any criminal case may, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client, withdraw from representation of a client without leave of court<\/span> after certification of a charge by a district court<\/span> by providing written notice of the withdrawal to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> within 10 days of the certification of the charge.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWITHDRAWAL OF PRIVATELY RETAINED COUNSEL (\u00a7 19.2-190.2)\n\nA privately retained counsel in any criminal case may, pursuant to the terms of\na written agreement between the attorney and the client, withdraw from\nrepresentation of a client without leave of court after certification of a\ncharge by a district court by providing written notice of the withdrawal to the\nclient, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court within 10 days\nof the certification of the charge.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 774.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}