{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/19.2-76.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/19.2-76.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/19.2-76.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/19.2-76.2.html"}],"law_id":66460,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66460,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.2","catch_line":"Mailing of summons in certain cases","history":"1977, c. 233; 1978, c. 781; 1983, c. 254; 1984, c. 119.","full_text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-76, whenever a summons for a violation of a county, city or town parking ordinance is served in any county, city or town it may be executed by mailing by first-class mail a copy thereof to the address of the owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. In addition, whenever a summons for a violation of a county, city or town trash ordinance punishable as a misdemeanor under \u00a7 15.2-901 is served in any county, city or town, it may be executed by mailing a copy by first-class mail to the person who occupies the subject premises. If the person fail to appear on the date of return set out in the summons mailed pursuant to this section, the summons shall be executed in the manner set out in \u00a7 19.2-76.3 of this Code.\n\t\tNo proceedings for contempt or arrest of a person summoned by mailing shall be instituted for his failure to appear on the return date of the summons.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241208,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-76, whenever a summons for a violation of a county, city or town parking ordinance is served in any county, city or town it may be executed by mailing by first-class mail a copy thereof to the address of the owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. In addition, whenever a summons for a violation of a county, city or town trash ordinance punishable as a misdemeanor under \u00a7 15.2-901 is served in any county, city or town, it may be executed by mailing a copy by first-class mail to the person who occupies the subject premises. If the person fail to appear on the date of return set out in the summons mailed pursuant to this section, the summons shall be executed in the manner set out in \u00a7 19.2-76.3 of this Code.\n\t\tNo proceedings for contempt or arrest of a person summoned by mailing shall be instituted for his failure to appear on the return date of the summons.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13638,"edition_id":1,"name":"Arrest","identifier":"7","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12801,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:27","permalink":{"id":170919,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13638,"identifier":"7","token":"19.2\/7","url":"\/19.2\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12801,"edition_id":1,"name":"Criminal Procedure","identifier":"19.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":168169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12801,"identifier":"19.2","token":"19.2","url":"\/19.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57792,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-71","catch_line":"Who may issue process of arrest","url":"\/19.2-71\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-71","metadata":false},{"id":56060,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-72","catch_line":"When it may issue; what to recite and require","url":"\/19.2-72\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-72","metadata":false},{"id":62110,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-73","catch_line":"Issuance of summons instead of warrant in certain cases","url":"\/19.2-73\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-73","metadata":false},{"id":70049,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-73.1","catch_line":"Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure to appear","url":"\/19.2-73.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-73.1","metadata":false},{"id":83253,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-73.2","catch_line":"Law-enforcement officers to issue subpoenas; penalty","url":"\/19.2-73.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-73.2","metadata":false},{"id":57508,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-74","catch_line":"Issuance and service of summons in place of warrant in misdemeanor case; issuance of summons by special conservators of the peace","url":"\/19.2-74\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-74","metadata":false},{"id":68524,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-74.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/19.2-74.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-74.1","metadata":false},{"id":79219,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-75","catch_line":"Copy of process to be left with accused; exception","url":"\/19.2-75\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-75","metadata":false},{"id":80529,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76","catch_line":"Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried","url":"\/19.2-76\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76","metadata":false},{"id":68951,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.1","catch_line":"Submission of quarterly reports concerning unexecuted felony and misdemeanor warrants and other criminal process; destruction; dismissal","url":"\/19.2-76.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.1","metadata":false},{"id":66460,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.2","catch_line":"Mailing of summons in certain cases","url":"\/19.2-76.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.2","metadata":false},{"id":83631,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.3","catch_line":"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2","url":"\/19.2-76.3\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.3","metadata":false},{"id":61047,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-77","catch_line":"Escape, flight and pursuit; arrest anywhere in Commonwealth","url":"\/19.2-77\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-77","metadata":false},{"id":85927,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-78","catch_line":"Uniform of officer making arrest","url":"\/19.2-78\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-78","metadata":false},{"id":79468,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-79","catch_line":"Arrest by officers of other states of United States","url":"\/19.2-79\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-79","metadata":false},{"id":66672,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-80","catch_line":"Duty of arresting officer; bail","url":"\/19.2-80\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-80","metadata":false},{"id":60845,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-80.1","catch_line":"When arrested person operating motor vehicle; how vehicle removed from scene of arrest","url":"\/19.2-80.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-80.1","metadata":false},{"id":81296,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-80.2","catch_line":"Duty of arresting officer; providing magistrate or court with criminal history information","url":"\/19.2-80.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-80.2","metadata":false},{"id":60675,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81","catch_line":"Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases","url":"\/19.2-81\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81","metadata":false},{"id":62476,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.1","catch_line":"Arrest without warrant by correctional officers in certain cases","url":"\/19.2-81.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.1","metadata":false},{"id":62627,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.2","catch_line":"Power of correctional officers and designated noncustodial employees to detain","url":"\/19.2-81.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.2","metadata":false},{"id":86739,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.3","catch_line":"Arrest without a warrant authorized in cases of assault and battery against a family or household member and stalking and for violations of protective orders; procedure, etc","url":"\/19.2-81.3\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.3","metadata":false},{"id":55203,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.4","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/19.2-81.4\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.4","metadata":false},{"id":55495,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.5","catch_line":"Cooperation with a law-enforcement officer","url":"\/19.2-81.5\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.5","metadata":false},{"id":72697,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-81.6","catch_line":"Authority of law-enforcement officers to arrest illegal aliens","url":"\/19.2-81.6\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-81.6","metadata":false},{"id":61276,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-82","catch_line":"Procedure upon arrest without warrant","url":"\/19.2-82\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-82","metadata":false},{"id":56295,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-82.1","catch_line":"Giving false identity to law-enforcement officer; penalty","url":"\/19.2-82.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-82.1","metadata":false},{"id":84938,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-83","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/19.2-83\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-83","metadata":false},{"id":78541,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-83.1","catch_line":"Report of arrest of school employees and adult students for certain offenses","url":"\/19.2-83.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-83.1","metadata":false},{"id":54610,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-83.2","catch_line":"Jail officer to ascertain citizenship of inmate","url":"\/19.2-83.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-83.2","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":68951,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.1","catch_line":"Submission of quarterly reports concerning unexecuted felony and misdemeanor warrants and other criminal process; destruction; dismissal","url":"\/19.2-76.1\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83631,"structure_id":13638,"section_number":"19.2-76.3","catch_line":"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2","url":"\/19.2-76.3\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/19.2-76.2\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 233 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1978, chapter 781; in 1983, chapter 254; in 1984, chapter 119.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66068,"section_number":"15.2-968.1","catch_line":"(For contingent effective date, see Acts 2023, c. 738, cl. 2) Use of violation monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals and certain traffic control devices","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-968.1\/"},{"id":83631,"section_number":"19.2-76.3","catch_line":"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-76.3\/"},{"id":80087,"section_number":"33.2-501","catch_line":"Designation of HOV lanes; use of such lanes; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-501\/"},{"id":54759,"section_number":"33.2-503","catch_line":"HOT lanes enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-503\/"},{"id":54310,"section_number":"46.2-819.1","catch_line":"Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with electronic or manual toll facilities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.1\/"},{"id":57137,"section_number":"46.2-819.3","catch_line":"Use of toll facility without payment of toll; enforcement; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.3\/"},{"id":54468,"section_number":"46.2-819.3:1","catch_line":"Installation and use of video-monitoring system and automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with all-electronic toll facilities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.3_1\/"},{"id":67197,"section_number":"46.2-819.5","catch_line":"Enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with usage of Dulles Access Highway","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-819.5\/"},{"id":69210,"section_number":"46.2-844","catch_line":"Passing stopped school buses; prima facie evidence; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-844\/"},{"id":74055,"section_number":"46.2-882.1","catch_line":"Use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones, school crossing zones, and high-risk intersection segments; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-882.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69383,"section_number":"15.2-901","catch_line":"Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-901\/"},{"id":80529,"section_number":"19.2-76","catch_line":"Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-76\/"},{"id":83631,"section_number":"19.2-76.3","catch_line":"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-76.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66460,"identifier":"19.2-76.2","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.2","url":"\/19.2-76.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-76.2\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mailing of summons in certain cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-76.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried\" href=\"\/19.2-76\/\">19.2-76<\/a>, whenever a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> for a violation of a county, city or town parking <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> is served in any county, city or town it may be executed by mailing by first-class mail a copy thereof to the address of the owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. In addition, whenever a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> for a violation of a county, city or town trash <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> punishable as a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty\" href=\"\/15.2-901\/\">15.2-901<\/a> is served in any county, city or town, it may be executed by mailing a copy by first-class mail to the person who occupies the subject premises. If the person fail to appear on the date of return set out in the <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> mailed pursuant to this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> shall be executed in the manner set out in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2\" href=\"\/19.2-76.3\/\">19.2-76.3<\/a> of this Code.\n\t\tNo proceedings for <span class=\"dictionary\">contempt<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> of a person summoned by mailing shall be instituted for his failure to appear on the return date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAILING OF SUMMONS IN CERTAIN CASES (\u00a7 19.2-76.2)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-76, whenever a summons for a violation\nof a county, city or town parking ordinance is served in any county, city or\ntown it may be executed by mailing by first-class mail a copy thereof to the\naddress of the owner of the vehicle as shown on the records of the Department of\nMotor Vehicles. In addition, whenever a summons for a violation of a county,\ncity or town trash ordinance punishable as a misdemeanor under \u00a7 15.2-901 is\nserved in any county, city or town, it may be executed by mailing a copy by\nfirst-class mail to the person who occupies the subject premises. If the person\nfail to appear on the date of return set out in the summons mailed pursuant to\nthis section, the summons shall be executed in the manner set out in \u00a7\n19.2-76.3 of this Code.\n\t\tNo proceedings for contempt or arrest of a person summoned by mailing shall be\ninstituted for his failure to appear on the return date of the summons.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 233; 1978, c. 781; 1983, c. 254; 1984, c. 119.","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}}