{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-204","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-204","heading":"Penalties on officers and jurors for failure of duty","body":"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.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 13. GRAND JURIES","Article 2. REGULAR GRAND JURIES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-204/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"fbc5292219a4e7ede69f3c3fdda05f0ac46fb4bfffb4891f5e35c1c546cbfb3e","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-203","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}