19.2-204 - Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-204. Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty.

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

(Code 1950, § 19.1-159; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)