                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SAME; PROCEDURE WHEN ACCUSED APPEARS (§ 19.2-21)

When such person appears, if the judge, on hearing the parties, considers that
there is not good cause for the complaint, he shall discharge such person, and
may give judgment in his favor against the complainant for his costs. If he
considers that there is good cause therefor, he may require a recognizance of
the person against whom it is, and give judgment against him for the costs of
the prosecution, or any part thereof; and, unless such recognizance be given, he
shall commit him to jail by a warrant, stating the sum and time in and for which
the recognizance is directed. The person given judgment under this section for
costs may issue a writ of fieri facias thereon, if an appeal be not allowed; and
proceedings thereupon may be according to §§ 16.1-99 through 16.1-101.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-22; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 500.