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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83631</law_id><section_number>19.2-76.3</section_number><catch_line>Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under &#xA7; 19.2-76.2</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-968.1</reference><reference>19.2-76.2</reference><reference>33.2-501</reference><reference>33.2-503</reference><reference>46.2-1219.2</reference><reference>46.2-819.1</reference><reference>46.2-844</reference><reference>46.2-882.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Arrest</unit></structure><text>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 254; 1994, c. 642; 2016, cc. 242, 354.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
