                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL AS WELL AS CIVIL CASES;
OBLIGATION TO ATTEND; SUMMONS (§ 19.2-267)

Sections 8.01-396.1, 8.01-402, 8.01-405, 8.01-407, and 8.01-408 to 8.01-410,
inclusive, shall apply to a criminal as well as a civil case in all respects,
except that a witness in a criminal case shall be obliged to attend, and may be
proceeded against for failing to do so, although there may not previously have
been any payment, or tender to him of anything for attendance, mileage, or
tolls. In a criminal case a summons for a witness may be issued by the attorney
for the Commonwealth or other attorney charged with the responsibility for the
prosecution of a violation of any ordinance or by the attorney for the
defendant; however, any attorney who issues such a summons shall, at the time of
the issuance, file with the clerk of the court the names and addresses of such
witnesses except to the extent protected under § 19.2-11.2.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-262; 1960, c. 366; 1962, c. 374; 1975, c. 495; 1977,
c. 624; 1991, c. 38; 1994, c. 543; 2007, c. 552; 2008, c. 124; 2014, c. 744.