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A jail officer as defined in \u00a7 53.1-1 employed at a regional jail or jail farm may execute upon a person being held in his jail a warrant, capias or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A warrant or capias shall be executed by the arrest of the accused, and a summons shall be executed by delivering a copy to the accused personally.\n\t\tIf the accused is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or legal entity other than an individual, a summons may be executed by service on the entity in the same manner as provided in Title 8.01 for service of process on that entity in a civil proceeding. However, if the summons is served on the entity by delivery to a registered agent or to any other agent who is not an officer, director, managing agent or employee of the entity, such agent shall not be personally subject to penalty for failure to appear as provided in \u00a7 19.2-128, nor shall the agent be subject to punishment for contempt for failure to appear under his summons as provided in \u00a7 19.2-129.\n\t\tThe law-enforcement officer or jail officer executing a warrant or capias shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to a judicial officer. The law-enforcement officer executing a summons shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to the court to which the summons is returnable.\n\t\tWhenever a person is arrested upon a warrant or capias in a county or city other than that in which the charge is to be tried, the law-enforcement officer or jail officer making the arrest shall either (i) bring the accused forthwith before a judicial officer in the locality where the arrest was made or where the charge is to be tried or (ii) commit the accused to the custody of an officer from the county or city where the charge is to be tried who shall bring the accused forthwith before a judicial officer in the county or city in which the charge is to be tried. The judicial officer before whom the accused is brought shall immediately conduct a bail hearing and either admit the accused to bail or commit him to jail for transfer forthwith to the county or city where the charge is to be tried.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288502,"text":"A law-enforcement officer may execute within his jurisdiction a warrant, capias or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A jail officer as defined in \u00a7 53.1-1 employed at a regional jail or jail farm may execute upon a person being held in his jail a warrant, capias or summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A warrant or capias shall be executed by the arrest of the accused, and a summons shall be executed by delivering a copy to the accused personally.\n\t\tIf the accused is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or legal entity other than an individual, a summons may be executed by service on the entity in the same manner as provided in Title 8.01 for service of process on that entity in a civil proceeding. However, if the summons is served on the entity by delivery to a registered agent or to any other agent who is not an officer, director, managing agent or employee of the entity, such agent shall not be personally subject to penalty for failure to appear as provided in \u00a7 19.2-128, nor shall the agent be subject to punishment for contempt for failure to appear under his summons as provided in \u00a7 19.2-129.\n\t\tThe law-enforcement officer or jail officer executing a warrant or capias shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to a judicial officer. The law-enforcement officer executing a summons shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to the court to which the summons is returnable.\n\t\tWhenever a person is arrested upon a warrant or capias in a county or city other than that in which the charge is to be tried, the law-enforcement officer or jail officer making the arrest shall either (i) bring the accused forthwith before a judicial officer in the locality where the arrest was made or where the charge is to be tried or (ii) commit the accused to the custody of an officer from the county or city where the charge is to be tried who shall bring the accused forthwith before a judicial officer in the county or city in which the charge is to be tried. The judicial officer before whom the accused is brought shall immediately conduct a bail hearing and either admit the accused to bail or commit him to jail for transfer forthwith to the county or city where the charge is to be tried.","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; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1979, chapter 661; in 1993, chapter 431; in 1994, chapter 933<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 10<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 615<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 207<\/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":74004,"section_number":"19.2-298","catch_line":"Pronouncement of sentence","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-298\/"},{"id":70049,"section_number":"19.2-73.1","catch_line":"Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure to appear","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-73.1\/"},{"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":61047,"section_number":"19.2-77","catch_line":"Escape, flight and pursuit; arrest anywhere in Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-77\/"},{"id":81296,"section_number":"19.2-80.2","catch_line":"Duty of arresting officer; providing magistrate or court with criminal history information","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-80.2\/"},{"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":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":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":78904,"section_number":"19.2-128","catch_line":"Penalties for failure to appear","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-128\/"},{"id":71774,"section_number":"19.2-129","catch_line":"Power of court to punish for contempt","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-129\/"},{"id":85635,"section_number":"53.1-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80529,"identifier":"19.2-76","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76","url":"\/19.2-76\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-76\/","token":"19.2\/7\/19.2-76","dublin_core":{"Title":"Execution and return of warrant, capias or summons; arrest outside county or city where charge is to be tried","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-76","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A law<\/span>-enforcement officer may execute within his jurisdiction<\/span> a warrant, capias<\/span> or summons<\/span> issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A jail officer as defined in \u00a7 53.1-1<\/a> employed at a regional jail or jail farm may execute upon a person being held in his jail a warrant, capias<\/span> or summons<\/span> issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A warrant or capias<\/span> shall be executed by the arrest<\/span> of the accused<\/span>, and a summons<\/span> shall be executed by delivering a copy to the accused<\/span> personally.\n\t\tIf the accused<\/span> is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or legal entity other than an individual, a summons<\/span> may be executed by service on the entity in the same manner as provided in Title 8.01 for service of process<\/span> on that entity in a civil proceeding. However, if the summons<\/span> is served on the entity by delivery to a registered agent or to any other agent who is not an officer, director, managing agent or employee of the entity, such agent shall not be personally subject to penalty<\/span> for failure to appear as provided in \u00a7 19.2-128<\/a>, nor shall the agent be subject to punishment for contempt<\/span> for failure to appear under his summons<\/span> as provided in \u00a7 19.2-129<\/a>.\n\t\tThe law<\/span>-enforcement officer or jail officer executing a warrant or capias<\/span> shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to a judicial officer. The law<\/span>-enforcement officer executing a summons<\/span> shall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to the court<\/span> to which the summons<\/span> is returnable.\n\t\tWhenever a person is arrested upon a warrant or capias<\/span> in a county or city other than that in which the charge is to be tried, the law<\/span>-enforcement officer or jail officer making the arrest<\/span> shall either (i) bring the accused<\/span> forthwith before a judicial officer in the locality where the arrest<\/span> was made or where the charge is to be tried or (ii) commit the accused<\/span> to the custody<\/span> of an officer from the county or city where the charge is to be tried who shall bring the accused<\/span> forthwith before a judicial officer in the county or city in which the charge is to be tried. The judicial officer before whom the accused<\/span> is brought shall immediately conduct a bail<\/span> hearing<\/span> and either admit the accused<\/span> to bail<\/span> or commit him to jail for transfer forthwith to the county or city where the charge is to be tried.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT, CAPIAS OR SUMMONS; ARREST OUTSIDE COUNTY OR\nCITY WHERE CHARGE IS TO BE TRIED (\u00a7 19.2-76)\n\nA law-enforcement officer may execute within his jurisdiction a warrant, capias\nor summons issued anywhere in the Commonwealth. A jail officer as defined in \u00a7\n53.1-1 employed at a regional jail or jail farm may execute upon a person being\nheld in his jail a warrant, capias or summons issued anywhere in the\nCommonwealth. A warrant or capias shall be executed by the arrest of the\naccused, and a summons shall be executed by delivering a copy to the accused\npersonally.\n\t\tIf the accused is a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or\nlegal entity other than an individual, a summons may be executed by service on\nthe entity in the same manner as provided in Title 8.01 for service of process\non that entity in a civil proceeding. However, if the summons is served on the\nentity by delivery to a registered agent or to any other agent who is not an\nofficer, director, managing agent or employee of the entity, such agent shall\nnot be personally subject to penalty for failure to appear as provided in \u00a7\n19.2-128, nor shall the agent be subject to punishment for contempt for failure\nto appear under his summons as provided in \u00a7 19.2-129.\n\t\tThe law-enforcement officer or jail officer executing a warrant or capias\nshall endorse the date of execution thereon and make return thereof to a\njudicial officer. The law-enforcement officer executing a summons shall endorse\nthe date of execution thereon and make return thereof to the court to which the\nsummons is returnable.\n\t\tWhenever a person is arrested upon a warrant or capias in a county or city\nother than that in which the charge is to be tried, the law-enforcement officer\nor jail officer making the arrest shall either (i) bring the accused forthwith\nbefore a judicial officer in the locality where the arrest was made or where the\ncharge is to be tried or (ii) commit the accused to the custody of an officer\nfrom the county or city where the charge is to be tried who shall bring the\naccused forthwith before a judicial officer in the county or city in which the\ncharge is to be tried. The judicial officer before whom the accused is brought\nshall immediately conduct a bail hearing and either admit the accused to bail or\ncommit him to jail for transfer forthwith to the county or city where the charge\nis to be tried.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 19.1-98, 19.1-99; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1979, c.\n661; 1993, c. 431; 1994, c. 933; 1997, c. 10; 1998, c. 615; 2013, c. 207.","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}}