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CHAPTER 825 An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-194 of the Code of Virginia, relating to selection and summoning of grand jurors. [S 817] Approved March 22, 2003

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19.2-194 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-194. When and how grand jurors to be selected and summoned; lists to be delivered to clerk.

The judges of such courts shall annually, in the month of June, July, or August, select from citizens of each city and county of their respective circuits at least 60 persons and not more than 120 persons eighteen 18 years of age or over, of honesty, intelligence and good demeanor and suitable in all respects to serve as grand jurors, who, except as hereinafter provided, shall be the grand jurors for the county or city from which they are selected for the next twelve 12 months. The judge making the selection shall at once furnish to the clerk of his court in each county and city of his circuit a list of those selected for that county or city. The clerk, not more than twenty 20 days before the commencement of each term of his court at which a regular grand jury is required, shall issue a venire facias to the sheriff of his county or city, commanding him to summon not less than five nor more than seven nine of the persons selected as aforesaid (the number to be designated by the judge of the court by an order entered of record) to be named in the writ to appear on the first day of the court to serve as grand jurors. No such person shall be required to appear more than once until all the others have been summoned once, nor more than twice until the others have been twice summoned, and so on. The Circuit Court of James City County, or the judge thereof in vacation, shall select the grand jurors for each court from such county and the City of Williamsburg in such proportion from each as he may think proper.

Any person who has legal custody of and is responsible for a child sixteen 16 years of age or younger or a person having a mental or physical impairment requiring continuous care during normal court hours shall be excused from jury service upon his request.