2016 Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 7 - Arrest
§ 19.2-76.3. Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under § 19.2-76.2
A. If any person fails to appear on the date of the return contained in the summons issued in accordance with § 19.2-76.2, then a summons shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county, city, or town or to another authorized process server for service on that person as set out in § 8.01-296.
B. If such person then fails to appear on the date of return as contained in the summons so issued, a summons shall be executed in the manner set out in § 19.2-76.
C. No proceedings for contempt or arrest of any person summoned under the provisions of this section shall be instituted unless such person has been personally served with a summons and has failed to appear on the return date contained therein.
1983, c. 254; 1994, c. 642; 2016, cc. 242, 354.
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