2006 Code of Virginia § 29.1-210 - Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized or summoned

29.1-210. Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized orsummoned.

Any person arrested for a violation of the game, inland fish and boating lawsmay be committed to jail pending trial or admitted to bail or released onrecognizance as provided by general law; or the arresting officer may issue asummons requiring the person to appear for trial at a time and placespecified therein before a court having jurisdiction to try such offenses ifthe person gives his written promise to appear at the specified time. Suchtime shall not, however, be less than five days from the date of arrestunless the person requests an earlier hearing.

Any person refusing to give the written promise to appear shall be takenimmediately by the arresting or other police officer before the nearest ormost accessible judicial officer.

Any person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given inaccordance with this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(1952, c. 608, 29-34.1; 1974, c. 58; 1987, c. 488.)