{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-5-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 50-5-15","heading":"Failure of defendant to appear at criminal trial or other criminal hearing; compulsion of appearance.","body":"Whenever any defendant, properly notified, fails to appear for a criminal trial or other criminal hearing before a magistrate, the magistrate may issue a capias to compel that person to appear.","path":["CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS.","ARTICLE 5. TRIALS, HEARINGS AND APPEALS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/50-5-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:44Z","sha256":"753902158da8f87325046464597b233446c80f9bc334e913b3160a1bd4328b52","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-5-14a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-50-6-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}