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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 254 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0642\">642<\/a>; in 2016, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0242\">242<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0354\">354<\/a>.<\/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":66460,"section_number":"19.2-76.2","catch_line":"Mailing of summons in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-76.2\/"},{"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":77831,"section_number":"46.2-1219.2","catch_line":"Parking of vehicles in commuter parking lots owned by the Virginia Department of Transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1219.2\/"},{"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":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":66460,"section_number":"19.2-76.2","catch_line":"Mailing of summons in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-76.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83631,"identifier":"19.2-76.3","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.3","url":"\/19.2-76.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-76.3\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under \u00a7 19.2-76.2","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-76.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> If any person fails to appear on the date of the return contained in the <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> issued in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Mailing of summons in certain cases\" href=\"\/19.2-76.2\/\">19.2-76.2<\/a>, then a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> 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 &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Manner of serving process upon natural persons\" href=\"\/8.01-296\/\">8.01-296<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-299738\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-76.3\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If such person then fails to appear on the date of return as contained in the <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> so issued, a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> shall be executed in the manner set out in &#xA7; <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>. <a id=\"paragraph-299739\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-76.3\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> No proceedings for <span class=\"dictionary\">contempt<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> of any person summoned under the provisions of this section shall be instituted unless such person has been personally served with a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> and has failed to appear on the return date contained therein. <a id=\"paragraph-299740\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/19.2-76.3\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO APPEAR ON RETURN DATE FOR SUMMONS ISSUED UNDER \u00a7 19.2-76.2 (\u00a7\n19.2-76.3)\n\nA. If any person fails to appear on the date of the return contained in the\nsummons issued in accordance with &#xA7; 19.2-76.2, then a summons shall be\ndelivered to the sheriff of the county, city, or town or to another authorized\nprocess server for service on that person as set out in &#xA7; 8.01-296.\n\nB. If such person then fails to appear on the date of return as contained in the\nsummons so issued, a summons shall be executed in the manner set out in &#xA7;\n19.2-76.\n\nC. No proceedings for contempt or arrest of any person summoned under the\nprovisions of this section shall be instituted unless such person has been\npersonally served with a summons and has failed to appear on the return date\ncontained therein.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 254; 1994, c. 642; 2016, cc. 242, 354.","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}}