Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-457 — Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled
Virginia § 18.2-457
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 10CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Art. 5CONTEMPT OF COURT
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-457 (2026).
Text
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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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-295; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 626.
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Virginia § 18.2-457, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-457.