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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-204 — Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Regular Grand Juries, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-204

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-204Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

A court whose officer fails without good cause, when it is his duty, to summon a grand jury and return a list of its names shall fine him twenty dollars. A person summoned and failing to attend a court as a grand juror shall be fined by the court not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, unless, after being summoned to show cause against the fine, he gives a reasonable excuse for his failure.

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