{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-457","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-457","heading":"Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled","body":"No court shall, without a jury, for any such contempt as is mentioned in the first class embraced in § 18.2-456, impose a fine exceeding $250 or imprison more than ten days; but in any such case the court may, without an indictment, information or any formal pleading, impanel a jury to ascertain the fine or imprisonment proper to be inflicted and may give judgment according to the verdict.Code 1950, § 18.1-295; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 626.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 10. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE","Article 5. CONTEMPT OF COURT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-457/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"0692d2afa0339251c077525d6883c8f6f4e0ad6bfb5347795229d97e616c6b55","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-456","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-458"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}