CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO APPEAR ON RETURN DATE FOR SUMMONS ISSUED UNDER § 19.2-76.2 (§
19.2-76.3)

A. If any person fails to appear on the date of the return contained in the
summons issued in accordance with § 19.2-76.2, then a summons 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 § 8.01-296.

B. If such person then fails to appear on the date of return as contained in the
summons so issued, a summons shall be executed in the manner set out in §
19.2-76.

C. No proceedings for contempt or arrest of any person summoned under the
provisions of this section shall be instituted unless such person has been
personally served with a summons and has failed to appear on the return date
contained therein.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 254; 1994, c. 642; 2016, cc. 242, 354.