19.2-73.1 - Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure to appear.
§ 19.2-73.1. Notice of issuance of warrant or summons; appearance; failure toappear.
In any misdemeanor case or in any class of misdemeanor cases and in a Class 5or Class 6 felony case, the chief of police of the city or county or hisdesignee, or the sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county, if the county hasno police department, in which the case is pending may notify the accused ofthe issuance of the warrant or summons and direct the accused to appear atthe time and place directed for the purpose of the execution of the summonsor warrant. However, the issuing judicial officer may direct the execution ofsuch process prior to any such notification. If the accused does not appear,then the warrant or summons shall be executed and returned as provided by §19.2-76.
(1979, c. 335; 1991, c. 162; 1993, c. 350.)