Failure to Appear in Virginia
86,640 cases across 124 jurisdictions · 2023–2024
According to 86,640 public court records from 2023–2024, Failure to Appear cases across 124 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 57.4% and an average conviction rate of 37.2%. Statewide, 1.3% of Failure to Appear charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $93.
Facing Failure to Appear charges in Virginia? Dismissal rates range from 23.8% to 91.4% depending on the court. An attorney who knows your court can tell you what this means — free, no obligation.
Ask a Virginia attorney — freeDismissal 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 124 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2023–2024 public court records. Last updated: December 2024
86,640
Total Cases
57.4%
Avg Dismissal Rate
37.2%
Avg Conviction Rate
$93
Avg Fine
2.0 months
Avg Sentence
1.3%
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 | 5,566 | 79.6% | 19.4% | 4.9 months | $94 | 10 days |
| Fairfax County | 5,560 | 88.6% | 10.7% | 6.9 months | $208 | 29 days |
| Chesterfield County | 4,694 | 46.9% | 44.6% | 4.4 months | $79 | 1.4 months |
| Newport News | 3,289 | 59.9% | 32.6% | 4.6 months | $93 | 2.7 months |
| Norfolk | 2,744 | 64.0% | 27.4% | 3.3 months | $72 | 3.3 months |
| Virginia Beach | 2,623 | 47.5% | 48.2% | 5.1 months | $67 | 1.6 months |
| Hampton | 2,375 | 55.7% | 36.1% | 5.8 months | $72 | 1.5 months |
| Chesapeake | 2,196 | 61.9% | 34.1% | 4.9 months | $85 | 1.2 months |
| Portsmouth | 1,979 | 79.3% | 18.5% | 4.0 months | $49 | 24 days |
| Lynchburg | 1,905 | 39.4% | 50.4% | 3.7 months | $39 | 9 days |
| Alexandria | 1,695 | 60.1% | 39.8% | 3.7 months | $151 | 17 days |
| Rockingham County | 1,546 | 41.7% | 57.0% | 4.6 months | $99 | 2.1 months |
| Wise County | 1,495 | 71.6% | 27.9% | 3.5 months | $129 | 1.8 months |
| Hanover County | 1,360 | 24.7% | 50.8% | 4.0 months | $79 | 4.7 months |
| Henrico County | 1,353 | 43.6% | 52.1% | 5.5 months | $80 | 3.3 months |
| Richmond City | 1,325 | 63.6% | 29.9% | 6.3 months | $76 | 3.4 months |
| Roanoke County | 1,270 | 47.1% | 51.1% | 3.8 months | $56 | 3.1 months |
| Stafford County | 1,208 | 57.7% | 30.0% | 4.0 months | $104 | 8.7 months |
| Danville | 1,159 | 40.7% | 47.2% | 3.9 months | $111 | 1.3 months |
| Arlington County | 1,140 | 73.8% | 25.9% | 6.3 months | $318 | 2.2 months |
| Roanoke City | 1,124 | 51.5% | 47.6% | 2.1 months | $58 | 1.3 months |
| Suffolk | 1,115 | 56.3% | 40.2% | 4.6 months | $65 | 14 days |
| Prince George County | 983 | 37.8% | 51.3% | 6.8 months | $108 | 3.2 months |
| Albemarle County | 957 | 55.7% | 38.4% | 3.9 months | $61 | 11 days |
| Montgomery County | 916 | 59.0% | 38.3% | 3.3 months | $72 | 11 days |
| Frederick County | 911 | 49.8% | 50.0% | 4.6 months | $71 | 2.2 months |
| Augusta County | 904 | 52.7% | 46.5% | 3.4 months | $60 | 14 days |
| Staunton | 878 | 60.8% | 39.2% | 4.7 months | $91 | 1.9 months |
| Loudoun County | 835 | 76.3% | 19.6% | 5.6 months | $122 | 2.5 months |
| Fredericksburg | 815 | 46.7% | 49.0% | 3.0 months | $33 | 4.5 months |
| Williamsburg | 810 | 44.3% | 51.8% | 3.6 months | $78 | 9 days |
| Winchester | 767 | 48.4% | 51.3% | 4.3 months | $81 | 9 days |
| Washington County | 766 | 41.5% | 37.9% | 4.2 months | $97 | 20 days |
| Hopewell | 761 | 44.2% | 49.4% | 5.4 months | $99 | 7.1 months |
| Colonial Heights | 749 | 38.7% | 40.8% | 4.2 months | $85 | 1.3 months |
| Smyth County | 725 | 48.7% | 44.5% | 3.7 months | $90 | 12 days |
| Isle of Wight County | 710 | 39.1% | 48.2% | 4.7 months | $62 | 12 days |
| Bedford County | 706 | 44.4% | 49.8% | 3.3 months | $39 | 11 days |
| Warren County | 705 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 4.2 months | $68 | 1.7 months |
| Bristol | 671 | 27.5% | 38.3% | 4.2 months | $73 | 11 days |
| Wythe County | 638 | 60.2% | 34.8% | 3.3 months | $88 | 10 days |
| Culpeper County | 636 | 34.2% | 58.5% | 2.8 months | $79 | 4.9 months |
| Halifax County | 633 | 62.6% | 35.8% | 1.9 months | $79 | 1.4 months |
| Pulaski County | 627 | 51.9% | 48.1% | 2.0 months | $51 | 10 days |
| Spotsylvania County | 625 | 63.4% | 34.8% | 2.8 months | $155 | 5.4 months |
| Henry County | 624 | 30.7% | 64.4% | 2.2 months | $99 | 7.8 months |
| Southampton County | 597 | 37.0% | 45.5% | 3.6 months | $62 | 24 days |
| Page County | 592 | 60.0% | 39.2% | 4.4 months | $50 | 1.4 months |
| Shenandoah County | 568 | 69.0% | 30.8% | 7.0 months | $71 | 10 days |
| Lee County | 553 | 57.2% | 42.4% | 3.2 months | $100 | 12.0 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 514 | 77.7% | 22.0% | 2.6 months | $81 | 10 days |
| Campbell County | 512 | 34.1% | 62.0% | 3.7 months | $37 | 29 days |
| York County | 512 | 60.2% | 26.2% | 3.7 months | $76 | 9 days |
| Botetourt County | 496 | 45.3% | 52.5% | 2.7 months | $72 | 3.0 months |
| Amherst County | 486 | 44.6% | 45.8% | 3.9 months | $74 | 1.2 months |
| Buchanan County | 475 | 61.1% | 38.2% | 4.4 months | $87 | 1.4 months |
| Gloucester County | 441 | 40.4% | 53.1% | 3.5 months | $144 | 1.9 months |
| Caroline County | 433 | 36.8% | 47.5% | 5.6 months | $93 | 4.7 months |
| Brunswick County | 425 | 37.7% | 50.5% | 4.0 months | $88 | 1.7 months |
| Charlottesville | 420 | 61.8% | 35.7% | 2.6 months | $83 | 24 days |
| Rockbridge County | 419 | 47.8% | 47.2% | 3.7 months | $48 | 1.6 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 417 | 28.9% | 70.5% | 4.4 months | $109 | 24 days |
| Salem | 412 | 46.3% | 53.4% | 3.3 months | $58 | 1.6 months |
| Waynesboro | 408 | 43.5% | 53.6% | 2.8 months | $70 | 12 days |
| Franklin City | 386 | 38.5% | 44.2% | 5.3 months | $50 | 10 days |
| Franklin County | 374 | 24.8% | 68.0% | 2.8 months | $113 | 15 days |
| Louisa County | 374 | 57.1% | 39.6% | 4.7 months | $50 | 2.0 months |
| Alleghany County | 373 | 53.9% | 44.7% | 3.5 months | $80 | 2.8 months |
| Tazewell County | 372 | 79.8% | 17.8% | 3.7 months | $101 | 10 days |
| Prince Edward County | 367 | 62.5% | 35.5% | 3.7 months | $72 | 3.0 months |
| New Kent County | 343 | 28.1% | 64.8% | 5.5 months | $139 | 3.5 months |
| Carroll County | 337 | 65.0% | 33.7% | 4.7 months | $81 | 6.0 months |
| Fauquier County | 327 | 73.7% | 23.9% | 3.3 months | $134 | 1.8 months |
| Scott County | 317 | 60.8% | 39.2% | 5.7 months | $214 | 10.2 months |
| Nottoway County | 298 | 40.8% | 44.2% | 4.0 months | $49 | 10 days |
| Giles County | 291 | 70.1% | 29.9% | 5.6 months | $32 | 9 days |
| Martinsville | 286 | 40.1% | 55.7% | 3.7 months | $55 | 4.9 months |
| Greensville County | 283 | 63.6% | 33.0% | 2.8 months | $106 | 1.3 years |
| Accomack County | 271 | 33.3% | 54.0% | 2.5 months | $56 | 15 days |
| Fluvanna County | 270 | 57.0% | 33.5% | 4.0 months | $58 | 1.8 months |
| Petersburg | 265 | 71.1% | 27.9% | 6.1 months | $48 | 3.4 months |
| Patrick County | 241 | 46.4% | 50.3% | 3.9 months | $56 | 14 days |
| King George County | 234 | 48.2% | 35.7% | 4.2 months | $87 | 4.1 months |
| Sussex County | 217 | 47.5% | 42.6% | 3.8 months | $86 | 23 days |
| Pittsylvania County | 209 | 23.8% | 63.7% | 3.7 months | $135 | 9 days |
| Russell County | 203 | 72.9% | 25.3% | 4.3 months | $84 | 1.3 months |
| Buckingham County | 201 | 71.3% | 24.8% | 4.7 months | — | 10.5 months |
| Orange County | 198 | 71.3% | 25.9% | 3.5 months | $54 | 8.2 months |
| Galax | 195 | 48.5% | 48.5% | 2.3 months | $101 | 9 days |
| Emporia | 191 | 46.2% | 46.2% | 3.5 months | $82 | 3.5 months |
| Dickenson County | 189 | 74.0% | 26.0% | 4.2 months | $94 | 10.9 months |
| Greene County | 174 | 54.4% | 43.5% | 3.5 months | $88 | 10 days |
| Grayson County | 166 | 62.1% | 36.4% | 3.1 months | $134 | 8 days |
| Lancaster County | 164 | 82.8% | 15.2% | 5.3 months | $158 | 1.0 months |
| Westmoreland County | 160 | 72.2% | 25.2% | 6.5 months | $65 | 22 days |
| Appomattox County | 149 | 67.1% | 30.7% | 1.9 months | $62 | 1.5 months |
| Madison County | 148 | 41.3% | 41.3% | 5.2 months | $35 | 17 days |
| Lunenburg County | 145 | 88.5% | 11.5% | 3.1 months | — | 10 days |
| Fairfax City | 144 | 67.2% | 31.9% | 4.0 months | $118 | 2.3 months |
| Charlotte County | 142 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 2.3 months | $58 | 8.2 months |
| Radford | 142 | 67.3% | 31.6% | 4.5 months | $33 | 7 days |
| Goochland County | 137 | 67.3% | 30.8% | 6.3 months | $48 | 1.5 months |
| Floyd County | 132 | 76.5% | 18.4% | 5.4 months | $58 | 5.3 months |
| Essex County | 123 | 70.7% | 25.3% | 2.7 months | $45 | 4.5 months |
| Powhatan County | 108 | 65.1% | 18.6% | 4.2 months | $66 | 10 days |
| Cumberland County | 101 | 65.4% | 33.3% | 5.6 months | — | 1.6 years |
| Nelson County | 101 | 47.5% | 45.0% | 4.6 months | $117 | 3.0 months |
| Clarke County | 89 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 6.1 months | $150 | 9 days |
| Northumberland County | 89 | 80.5% | 18.2% | 5.1 months | $64 | 7 days |
| Richmond County | 82 | 64.6% | 33.8% | 5.8 months | $96 | 18 days |
| Northampton County | 80 | 33.3% | 57.9% | 3.9 months | $114 | 10.2 months |
| Rappahannock County | 77 | 75.4% | 23.2% | 4.3 months | $121 | 12 days |
| King William County | 75 | 53.3% | 38.3% | 2.9 months | $89 | 9 days |
| Bland County | 72 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 4.2 months | — | 8 days |
| Amelia County | 71 | 54.2% | 33.3% | 3.1 months | $50 | 4.3 months |
| King and Queen County | 63 | 59.6% | 31.9% | 1.9 months | $75 | 3.1 months |
| Buena Vista | 58 | 55.3% | 40.4% | 4.0 months | $133 | 26 days |
| Charles City County | 49 | 52.5% | 45.0% | 4.0 months | $94 | 7 days |
| Middlesex County | 45 | 53.7% | 43.9% | 4.0 months | $142 | 2.0 months |
| Mathews County | 41 | 59.0% | 35.9% | 4.0 months | $181 | 9 days |
| Surry County | 41 | 69.6% | 30.4% | 4.8 months | — | 6.6 months |
| Bath County | 37 | 50.0% | 46.7% | 2.3 months | $33 | 1.9 months |
| Falls Church | 36 | 70.4% | 25.9% | 3.5 months | $125 | 6 days |
| Craig County | 34 | 60.0% | 40.0% | 3.6 months | $150 | 17 days |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024 — 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, 2023–2024. 86,640 cases analyzed across 124 jurisdictions. Last updated December 2024. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Bland County has the highest dismissal rate for Failure to Appear at 91.4%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 86,640 Failure to Appear cases were filed across 124 Virginia jurisdictions in 2023–2024, with an average dismissal rate of 57.4%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Failure to Appear across Virginia is 37.2%, based on 2023-2024 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.
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Failure to Appear dismissal rates range from 24% to 91% across Virginia. Your court matters. An attorney who handles Failure to Appear cases in your court can review your case — free.
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