Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Section 19.2-232 What process to be awarded against accused on indictment, etc

§ 19.2-232. What process to be awarded against accused on indictment, etc

When an indictment or presentment is found or made, or information filed, the court, or the judge thereof, shall award process against the accused to answer the same, if he be not in custody. Such process, if the prosecution be for a felony, shall be a capias; if it be for a misdemeanor, for which imprisonment may be imposed, it may be a capias or summons, in the discretion of the court or judge; in all other cases, it shall be, in the first instance a summons, but if a summons be returned executed and the defendant does not appear, or be returned not found, the court or judge may award a capias. The officer serving the summons or capias shall also serve a copy of the indictment, presentment or information therewith.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-178; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1980, c. 349.)

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