Failure to appear on return date for summons issued under § 19.2-76.2
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-76.3
in effectA. 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.
1983, c. 254; 1994, c. 642 ; 2016, cc. 242 , 354 .
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