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The word warrant as used in this chapter shall be construed to include a summons or notice requiring a person to appear and answer a charge of having violated any statute, ordinance, or any regulation having the force and effect of law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285937,"text":"Every offense of which a court not of record is given jurisdiction under this title may be tried upon a warrant; or the judge of such court may, in his discretion, make an examination into the offense and proceed according to the provisions of Chapter 7 (\u00a7 19.2-71 et seq.) of Title 19.2. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 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. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1960, chapter 373.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57792,"section_number":"19.2-71","catch_line":"Who may issue process of arrest","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-71\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79820,"identifier":"16.1-129","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-129","url":"\/16.1-129\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-129\/","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-129","dublin_core":{"Title":"Offenses tried on warrants, or as provided in Chapter 7 of Title 19.2","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-129","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> of which a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> not of record is given <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> under this title may be tried upon a warrant; or the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may, in his discretion, make an examination into the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> and proceed according to the provisions of Chapter 7 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Who may issue process of arrest\" href=\"\/19.2-71\/\">19.2-71<\/a> et seq.) of Title 19.2. The word warrant as used in this chapter shall be construed to include a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> or notice requiring a person to appear and answer a charge of having violated any <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, or any regulation having the force and effect of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFENSES TRIED ON WARRANTS, OR AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 19.2 (\u00a7\n16.1-129)\n\nEvery offense of which a court not of record is given jurisdiction under this\ntitle may be tried upon a warrant; or the judge of such court may, in his\ndiscretion, make an examination into the offense and proceed according to the\nprovisions of Chapter 7 (\u00a7 19.2-71 et seq.) of Title 19.2. The word warrant as\nused in this chapter shall be construed to include a summons or notice requiring\na person to appear and answer a charge of having violated any statute,\nordinance, or any regulation having the force and effect of law.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1960, c. 373.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}