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Any failure to obey such court order may be punished by the court as contempt.B\n\nAny person subpoenaed by the Commission who, without just cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer to any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, when it is within his power to do so, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.C\n\nEach day any violation of such court-issued subpoena, court order, or Commission-issued subpoena continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269032,"text":"In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court of this Commonwealth within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Commission or its duly authorized representative, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before an appeal tribunal, a commissioner, the Commission, or its duly authorized representative, in order to produce evidence or to give testimony concerning the matter under investigation or in question. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 738; in 1986, chapter 480; in 2020, chapter 1261<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":267971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74885,"identifier":"60.2-627","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-627","url":"\/60.2-627\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-627\/","token":"60.2\/6\/5\/60.2-627","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to obey subpoenas; orders of court; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-627","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena<\/span> issued to any person, any court of this Commonwealth within the jurisdiction<\/span> of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction<\/span> of which such person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Commission or its duly authorized representative, shall have jurisdiction<\/span> to issue<\/span> to such person an order requiring such person to appear before an appeal<\/span> tribunal, a commissioner, the Commission, or its duly authorized representative, in order to produce evidence<\/span> or to give testimony<\/span> concerning the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such court order<\/span> may be punished by the court as contempt<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person subpoenaed by the Commission who, without just cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer to any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, when it is within his power to do so, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Each day any violation of such court-issued subpoena<\/span>, court order<\/span>, or Commission-issued subpoena<\/span> continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO OBEY SUBPOENAS; ORDERS OF COURT; PENALTY (\u00a7 60.2-627)\n\nA. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person,\nany court of this Commonwealth within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is\ncarried on or within the jurisdiction of which such person guilty of contumacy\nor refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application\nby the Commission or its duly authorized representative, shall have jurisdiction\nto issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before an\nappeal tribunal, a commissioner, the Commission, or its duly authorized\nrepresentative, in order to produce evidence or to give testimony concerning the\nmatter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such court order\nmay be punished by the court as contempt.\n\nB. Any person subpoenaed by the Commission who, without just cause, fails or\nrefuses to attend and testify or to answer to any lawful inquiry or to produce\nbooks, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records, when it is within\nhis power to do so, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nC. Each day any violation of such court-issued subpoena, court order, or\nCommission-issued subpoena continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 60-37; 1968, c. 738, \u00a7 60.1-42; 1986, c. 480; 2020, c.\n1261.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}