Failure to Appear in Virginia
32,240 cases across 114 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 32,240 public court records from 2025, Failure to Appear cases across 114 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 59.5% and an average conviction rate of 34.7%. Statewide, 1.7% of Failure to Appear charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $91.
Dismissal rate includes judicial dismissals and nolle prosequi (prosecutor-dropped cases). Conviction rate includes guilty pleas and findings of guilt at trial. Rates are averaged across 114 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
32,240
Total Cases
59.5%
Avg Dismissal Rate
34.7%
Avg Conviction Rate
$91
Avg Fine
1.3 months
Avg Sentence
1.7%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William County | 2,423 | 74.0% | 24.6% | 3.7 months | $126 | 10 days |
| Chesterfield County | 1,733 | 59.2% | 30.4% | 3.5 months | $82 | 29 days |
| Fairfax County | 1,690 | 91.5% | 7.6% | 5.6 months | $133 | 1.2 months |
| Norfolk | 1,502 | 66.3% | 24.4% | 2.2 months | $72 | 2.0 months |
| Newport News | 1,232 | 53.4% | 39.0% | 4.1 months | $114 | 1.4 months |
| Chesapeake | 1,217 | 68.1% | 25.0% | 3.4 months | $79 | 1.1 months |
| Virginia Beach | 989 | 49.0% | 45.2% | 2.9 months | $78 | 1.3 months |
| Hampton | 888 | 65.2% | 24.2% | 3.3 months | $84 | 1.2 months |
| Portsmouth | 878 | 85.1% | 14.1% | 3.0 months | $61 | 1.8 months |
| Lynchburg | 826 | 44.1% | 47.4% | 2.9 months | $59 | 10 days |
| Alexandria | 700 | 58.2% | 41.5% | 3.9 months | $131 | 8 days |
| Hanover County | 575 | 35.4% | 42.6% | 2.7 months | $69 | 3.4 months |
| Rockingham County | 567 | 45.9% | 52.2% | 3.6 months | $64 | 12 days |
| Wise County | 518 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 2.7 months | $120 | 1.5 months |
| Danville | 515 | 33.2% | 52.3% | 2.7 months | $110 | 1.5 months |
| Roanoke County | 497 | 48.6% | 48.8% | 2.7 months | $59 | 2.5 months |
| Suffolk | 485 | 56.8% | 33.0% | 3.2 months | $60 | 16 days |
| Roanoke City | 472 | 53.5% | 46.5% | 2.0 months | $63 | 24 days |
| Stafford County | 458 | 79.5% | 18.3% | 2.8 months | $75 | 10 days |
| Henrico County | 451 | 53.0% | 43.6% | 3.2 months | — | 3.9 months |
| Albemarle County | 427 | 54.7% | 40.4% | 2.9 months | $50 | 10 days |
| Bedford County | 424 | 48.4% | 48.4% | 2.3 months | $61 | 8 days |
| Augusta County | 388 | 47.1% | 52.3% | 2.3 months | $67 | 11 days |
| Arlington County | 385 | 78.1% | 21.4% | 3.9 months | $272 | 1.5 months |
| Loudoun County | 370 | 82.5% | 13.8% | 3.5 months | $109 | 5 days |
| Montgomery County | 320 | 62.7% | 34.5% | 2.3 months | $73 | 9 days |
| Frederick County | 317 | 48.8% | 51.2% | 2.9 months | $38 | 3.3 months |
| Williamsburg | 311 | 37.8% | 50.5% | 2.6 months | $99 | 9 days |
| Fredericksburg | 292 | 43.2% | 46.4% | 2.6 months | $34 | 6 days |
| Colonial Heights | 287 | 40.2% | 40.8% | 3.5 months | $88 | 10 days |
| Culpeper County | 280 | 31.1% | 60.3% | 1.8 months | $84 | 1.2 months |
| Bristol | 274 | 31.7% | 37.2% | 3.3 months | $51 | 10 days |
| Smyth County | 267 | 53.1% | 36.0% | 2.9 months | $83 | 15 days |
| Richmond City | 266 | 55.0% | 32.0% | 4.0 months | $42 | 2.5 months |
| Washington County | 266 | 46.3% | 34.4% | 3.4 months | $57 | 1.9 months |
| Winchester | 263 | 48.9% | 49.9% | 3.1 months | $63 | 9 days |
| Wythe County | 260 | 71.0% | 28.0% | 2.5 months | $125 | 10 days |
| Henry County | 259 | 42.6% | 47.1% | 2.1 months | $87 | 6.4 months |
| Halifax County | 256 | 57.2% | 40.6% | 1.3 months | $58 | 10 days |
| Staunton | 244 | 50.5% | 48.5% | 3.3 months | $300 | 9 days |
| Warren County | 243 | 77.3% | 22.1% | 3.0 months | $75 | 18 days |
| Prince George County | 231 | 59.5% | 34.6% | 3.4 months | $111 | 4.0 months |
| Charlottesville | 230 | 62.5% | 35.5% | 1.7 months | — | 8 days |
| Botetourt County | 230 | 40.0% | 58.9% | 2.7 months | $87 | 1.6 months |
| York County | 227 | 74.1% | 25.2% | 3.1 months | $106 | 9 days |
| Spotsylvania County | 222 | 56.6% | 36.7% | 2.5 months | $83 | 2.1 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 216 | 80.0% | 20.0% | 1.8 months | $100 | 23 days |
| Hopewell | 214 | 62.6% | 34.7% | 3.5 months | $69 | 19 days |
| Waynesboro | 201 | 39.0% | 58.6% | 2.6 months | $81 | 22 days |
| Gloucester County | 200 | 46.2% | 46.4% | 2.6 months | $159 | 4.9 months |
| Caroline County | 190 | 61.7% | 30.7% | 3.4 months | $55 | 2.5 months |
| Amherst County | 190 | 44.4% | 44.4% | 2.9 months | $53 | 10 days |
| Campbell County | 180 | 25.0% | 66.9% | 2.8 months | $51 | 10 days |
| Brunswick County | 170 | 42.2% | 52.9% | 2.9 months | $93 | 26 days |
| Sussex County | 164 | 47.4% | 50.5% | 3.5 months | $107 | 1.5 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 162 | 43.8% | 50.5% | 3.4 months | $46 | 8 days |
| Alleghany County | 154 | 41.7% | 57.4% | 2.0 months | — | 1.4 months |
| Louisa County | 147 | 78.6% | 21.4% | 2.3 months | $50 | 1.0 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 141 | 37.1% | 62.9% | 4.0 months | $98 | 10 days |
| Prince Edward County | 135 | 59.7% | 35.6% | 2.5 months | $62 | 10 days |
| Salem | 134 | 30.6% | 69.4% | 2.3 months | $33 | 1.0 months |
| Pulaski County | 130 | 52.2% | 46.7% | 1.7 months | $34 | 9 days |
| Rockbridge County | 129 | 41.2% | 54.6% | 2.2 months | $72 | 1.2 months |
| Southampton County | 128 | 40.4% | 42.0% | 3.2 months | $56 | 9 days |
| Shenandoah County | 123 | 77.7% | 22.3% | 4.8 months | $50 | 18 days |
| Page County | 117 | 52.8% | 47.2% | 1.9 months | $62 | 9 days |
| Fauquier County | 114 | 67.5% | 31.3% | 2.7 months | $117 | 29 days |
| Carroll County | 114 | 67.8% | 29.2% | 2.5 months | $38 | 3.3 months |
| Lee County | 112 | 72.9% | 27.1% | 2.0 months | $156 | 7.7 months |
| Tazewell County | 111 | 82.8% | 17.2% | 2.2 months | $88 | 10 days |
| Greensville County | 108 | 55.7% | 37.1% | 2.3 months | $94 | 9.5 months |
| Franklin City | 103 | 26.0% | 56.2% | 3.5 months | $46 | 8 days |
| Franklin County | 103 | 22.9% | 77.1% | 1.7 months | $119 | 7 days |
| Petersburg | 102 | 72.6% | 20.8% | 3.3 months | $83 | 10 days |
| Buchanan County | 97 | 66.9% | 29.5% | 3.1 months | $94 | 6.8 months |
| Buckingham County | 93 | 61.3% | 33.9% | 2.3 months | $67 | 5.0 months |
| Nottoway County | 90 | 31.8% | 54.5% | 2.7 months | $50 | 1.5 months |
| Patrick County | 84 | 59.9% | 37.0% | 1.7 months | $40 | 8 days |
| Martinsville | 78 | 44.3% | 54.1% | 2.0 months | $38 | 9 days |
| Emporia | 77 | 50.0% | 45.7% | 2.5 months | $90 | 2.3 months |
| King George County | 73 | 48.9% | 31.1% | 4.2 months | $50 | 8 days |
| Giles County | 71 | 78.8% | 21.2% | 2.1 months | $40 | 6 days |
| Pittsylvania County | 69 | 17.5% | 56.1% | 2.4 months | $166 | 10 days |
| Dickenson County | 68 | 69.4% | 28.6% | 1.8 months | — | 9 days |
| Fairfax City | 67 | 58.0% | 40.0% | 4.9 months | $147 | 10 days |
| Russell County | 67 | 51.1% | 45.1% | 2.9 months | $75 | 2.6 months |
| Accomack County | 66 | 42.9% | 45.2% | 1.6 months | $43 | 6 days |
| Cumberland County | 61 | 67.2% | 30.9% | 3.5 months | $108 | 1.4 years |
| Amelia County | 56 | 55.3% | 36.8% | 2.1 months | $75 | 10 days |
| Grayson County | 56 | 54.5% | 45.5% | 2.2 months | $65 | 9 days |
| Goochland County | 54 | 76.1% | 23.9% | 2.9 months | $50 | 28 days |
| Galax | 51 | 46.3% | 48.8% | 2.1 months | $86 | 9 days |
| Lancaster County | 48 | 73.3% | 26.7% | 3.0 months | $58 | 5 days |
| Radford | 47 | 62.1% | 32.8% | 3.0 months | $55 | 10 days |
| Scott County | 45 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 3.6 months | $250 | 10 days |
| Fluvanna County | 44 | 60.0% | 32.0% | 5.0 months | $25 | 10 days |
| New Kent County | 43 | 56.5% | 39.1% | 1.8 months | $394 | 2.2 years |
| Madison County | 40 | 37.5% | 56.2% | 3.3 months | $36 | 24 days |
| Essex County | 39 | 57.7% | 42.3% | 2.6 months | $25 | 9 days |
| Orange County | 39 | 75.8% | 18.2% | 3.5 months | $50 | 2.8 months |
| Clarke County | 38 | 88.0% | 12.0% | 3.8 months | — | 10 days |
| Westmoreland County | 33 | 66.7% | 28.6% | 1.9 months | $50 | 5 days |
| Northumberland County | 30 | 48.0% | 36.0% | 1.8 months | $50 | 6 days |
| Appomattox County | 29 | 48.0% | 52.0% | 2.2 months | $175 | 10 days |
| Buena Vista | 29 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 4.2 months | $100 | 2.0 months |
| King William County | 28 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 1.5 months | — | 10 days |
| Lunenburg County | 27 | 43.5% | 47.8% | 2.2 months | $50 | 10 days |
| Charlotte County | 24 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 2.0 months | $83 | 10 days |
| Richmond County | 24 | 62.5% | 37.5% | 2.6 months | — | 16 days |
| Northampton County | 23 | 57.1% | 35.7% | 2.4 months | $150 | 1.1 months |
| Greene County | 22 | 47.6% | 52.4% | 3.2 months | — | 1.4 months |
| Middlesex County | 22 | 50.0% | 38.9% | 2.0 months | $250 | 10 days |
| Floyd County | 21 | 61.5% | 30.8% | 3.3 months | — | 1.7 years |
| Powhatan County | 20 | 93.8% | 6.2% | 3.0 months | — | 5.0 years |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Case Dismissed?
If your Failure to Appear case was dismissed or dropped, you may be eligible to have it sealed from your record.
Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 32,240 cases analyzed across 114 jurisdictions. Last updated May 2, 2026. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Powhatan County has the highest dismissal rate for Failure to Appear at 93.8%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 32,240 Failure to Appear cases were filed across 114 Virginia jurisdictions in 2025, with an average dismissal rate of 59.5%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Failure to Appear across Virginia is 34.7%, based on 2025 public court records. Rates vary by jurisdiction — use the comparison table above to see how each court differs. For guidance on your specific situation, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.
What's Next
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