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Such time shall not, however, be less than five days from the date of arrest unless the person requests an earlier hearing.\n\t\tAny person refusing to give the written promise to appear shall be taken immediately by the arresting or other police officer before the nearest or most accessible judicial officer.\n\t\tAny person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given in accordance with this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":274539,"text":"Any person arrested for a violation of the game, inland fish and boating laws may be committed to jail pending trial or admitted to bail or released on recognizance as provided by general law; or the arresting officer may issue a summons requiring the person to appear for trial at a time and place specified therein before a court having jurisdiction to try such offenses if the person gives his written promise to appear at the specified time. Such time shall not, however, be less than five days from the date of arrest unless the person requests an earlier hearing.\n\t\tAny person refusing to give the written promise to appear shall be taken immediately by the arresting or other police officer before the nearest or most accessible judicial officer.\n\t\tAny person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given in accordance with this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14619,"edition_id":1,"name":"Conservation Police Officers","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12934,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:57","permalink":{"id":192401,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14619,"identifier":"2","token":"29.1\/2","url":"\/29.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12934,"edition_id":1,"name":"Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating","identifier":"29.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:03","permalink":{"id":192277,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12934,"identifier":"29.1","token":"29.1","url":"\/29.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":61271,"structure_id":14619,"section_number":"29.1-200","catch_line":"Appointment of conservation police officers","url":"\/29.1-200\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-200","metadata":false},{"id":72999,"structure_id":14619,"section_number":"29.1-201","catch_line":"Bond","url":"\/29.1-201\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-201","metadata":false},{"id":65827,"structure_id":14619,"section_number":"29.1-202","catch_line":"Ex officio conservation police officers","url":"\/29.1-202\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-202","metadata":false},{"id":82788,"structure_id":14619,"section_number":"29.1-203","catch_line":"Jurisdiction; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 608 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 1952 \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 1974, chapter 58; in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80587,"section_number":"29.1-207","catch_line":"Impeding conservation police officer, etc., in discharge of his duty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-207\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76482,"identifier":"29.1-210","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-210","url":"\/29.1-210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-210\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized or summoned","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person arrested for a violation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">game<\/span>, inland fish and boating <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> may be committed to jail pending <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> or admitted to <span class=\"dictionary\">bail<\/span> or released on <span class=\"dictionary\">recognizance<\/span> as provided by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>; or the arresting officer may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> requiring the person to appear for <span class=\"dictionary\">trial<\/span> at a time and place specified therein before a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> having <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> to try such <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> if the person gives his written promise to appear at the specified time. 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Such time shall not,\nhowever, be less than five days from the date of arrest unless the person\nrequests an earlier hearing.\n\t\tAny person refusing to give the written promise to appear shall be taken\nimmediately by the arresting or other police officer before the nearest or most\naccessible judicial officer.\n\t\tAny person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given in\naccordance with this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 608, \u00a7 29-34.1; 1974, c. 58; 1987, c. 488.","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}}