2006 Code of Virginia § 16.1-330 - Amendment to compact

16.1-330. Amendment to compact.

A. This amendment shall provide additional remedies, and shall be bindingonly as among and between those party states which specifically execute thesame.

B. All provisions and procedures of Articles V and VI of the InterstateCompact on Juveniles shall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged withbeing a delinquent by reason of a violation of any criminal law. Anyjuvenile, charged with being a delinquent by reason of violating any criminallaw, shall be returned to the requesting state upon a requisition to thestate where the juvenile may be found. A petition in such case shall be filedin a court of competent jurisdiction in the requesting state where theviolation of criminal law is alleged to have been committed. The petition maybe filed regardless of whether the juvenile has left the state before orafter the filing of the petition. The requisition described in Article V ofthe compact shall be forwarded by the judge of the court in which thepetition has been filed.

(1977, c. 642.)