{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-276","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-276","heading":"Penalty for failure to attend and testify","body":"If the witness who is summoned as above provided, after being paid or tendered by some properly authorized person reimbursement for reasonable travel and lodging expenses as provided in § 2.2-2823 for each day he is required to travel and attend as a witness, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a Virginia circuit court summons.Code 1950, § 19.1-273; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1987, c. 125.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 16. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES","Article 2. WITNESSES FROM OR FOR ANOTHER STATE"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-276/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"fadfc874c6ead822849685fb3c3b9b18cb8fbe04f81cc6e1c5aec95b96e22f8b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-275","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-277"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}