                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY (§ 19.2-276)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-273; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1987, c. 125.