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Statutes > Virginia > Title-53-1 > Chapter-4 > 53-1-148§ 53.1-148. Transfer of supervision from one probation officer to another.
The court placing any person on probation may transfer such person from thesupervision of one probation officer to that of another probation officer.Such transfer shall be reported by the court to both probation officers andto the person on probation. A record of the transfer shall be filed with therecords of the case or entered upon the records of the court.
Whenever a person placed on probation resides in a locality removed from thatin which the court which placed such person on probation is situated, orwhenever a person on probation desires to remove to a locality other thanthat in which the court is situated, the court placing such person onprobation may transfer him to a probation officer regularly appointed andauthorized to serve for the locality in which the probationer resides or towhich he is to move. In such cases the probation officer shall send to thecourt desiring to make the transfer a written statement that he will exercisesupervision over such person. The statement shall be approved in writing bythe judge of the court to which the probation officer is attached. Theprobation officer shall report concerning the conduct and condition of theprobationer at regular intervals to the judge of the court who placed thedefendant on probation.
(Code 1950, § 53-277; 1982, c. 636.)
