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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-457 — Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 5: Contempt of Court, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-457

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-457Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

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.

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