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.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-276
Penalty for failure to attend and testify
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 19–19 (11 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 52 Md. App. 17 - In Re a Special Investigation No. 219 (1982)
Most recently applied in 229 Md. App. 86 - Lewis v. State (July 2016)
Code 1950, § 19.1-273; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1987, c. 125.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.