Virginia § 19.2-195 Number and qualifications of grand jurors

Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-195 — Number and qualifications of grand jurors

Virginia § 19.2-195

Title 19.2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 13GRAND JURIES

Art. 2REGULAR GRAND JURIES

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-195 (2026).

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A regular grand jury shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven persons. Each grand juror shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth, eighteen years of age or over, and shall have been a resident of this Commonwealth one year and of the county or corporation in which the court is to be held six months, and in other respects a qualified juror, and, when the grand juror is for a circuit court of a county, not an inhabitant of a city, except in those cases in which the circuit court of the county has jurisdiction in the city.

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A regular grand jury shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven persons. Each grand juror shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth, eighteen years of age or over, and shall have been a resident of this Commonwealth one year and of the county or corporation in which the court is to be held six months, and in other respects a qualified juror, and, when the grand juror is for a circuit court of a county, not an inhabitant of a city, except in those cases in which the circuit court of the county has jurisdiction in the city.