16.1-69.25 - Judge may issue warrants, summons and subpoenas.
§ 16.1-69.25. Judge may issue warrants, summons and subpoenas.
Except as otherwise provided by general law, a judge of a district court may,within the scope of his general jurisdiction within the area which his courtserves, issue warrants, summons, and subpoenas, including subpoenas ducestecum or other process, in civil, traffic and criminal cases, to be returnedbefore his court, and may also issue fugitive warrants and conductproceedings thereon in accordance with the provisions of §§ 19.2-99 through19.2-104.
(1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1994, c. 500.)