19.2-128 - Penalties for failure to appear. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-128. Penalties for failure to appear.

A. Whoever, having been released pursuant to this chapter or § 19.2-319 or ona summons pursuant to § 19.2-73 or § 19.2-74, willfully fails to appearbefore any court or judicial officer as required, shall, after notice to allinterested parties, incur a forfeiture of any security which may have beengiven or pledged for his release, unless one of the parties can show goodcause for excusing the absence, or unless the court, in its sound discretion,shall determine that neither the interests of justice nor the power of thecourt to conduct orderly proceedings will be served by such forfeiture.

B. Any person (i) charged with a felony offense or (ii) convicted of a felonyoffense and execution of sentence is suspended pursuant to § 19.2-319 whowillfully fails to appear before any court as required shall be guilty of aClass 6 felony.

C. Any person (i) charged with a misdemeanor offense or (ii) convicted of amisdemeanor offense and execution of sentence is suspended pursuant to §19.2-319 who willfully fails to appear before any court as required shall beguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-109.7; 1973, c. 485; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 382; 1982, c.271; 1999, c. 821.)