                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSON ARRESTED MAY BE COMMITTED TO JAIL, BAILED, RECOGNIZED OR SUMMONED (§
29.1-210)

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.
		Any 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.
		Any person who willfully violates his written promise to appear, given in
accordance with this section, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 608, § 29-34.1; 1974, c. 58; 1987, c. 488.