West Virginia § 62-2-13 Process, capias and summons in criminal cases

West Virginia Statutes

§ 62-2-13 — Process, capias and summons in criminal cases

West Virginia § 62-2-13

Ch. 62CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Art. 2PRESENTMENTS AND INDICTMENTS

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W. Va. Code § 62-2-13 (2026).

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When an indictment or presentment is found or made, the court shall award process against the accused to answer to the same, if he be not in custody. Such process, if for a felony, may be a capias or a summons, at the discretion of the court; in all misdemeanor cases, it shall be, in the first instance, a summons, but if a summons be returned executed, or be returned not found, and the defendant does not appear, the court may award a capias.

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When an indictment or presentment is found or made, the court shall award process against the accused to answer to the same, if he be not in custody. Such process, if for a felony, may be a capias or a summons, at the discretion of the court; in all misdemeanor cases, it shall be, in the first instance, a summons, but if a summons be returned executed, or be returned not found, and the defendant does not appear, the court may award a capias.