Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-204
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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. Code 1950, § 19.1-159; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-204/Fetched: 10/16/2026
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