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The term of such a grand jury may be extended for successive periods of not more than six months by the Chief Justice, or by any justice designated by the Chief Justice, upon the petition of a majority of the members of the grand jury.\n\t\tThe impaneling order shall designate the jurisdiction requested on the application as the jurisdiction where the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall be convened and shall, unless all judges of that circuit have recused themselves, appoint a judge of the circuit court of that jurisdiction as the presiding judge. The impaneling order shall also designate special counsel and each special counsel who will assist the multi-jurisdiction grand jury as listed in the application. 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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 543 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 438<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72986,"identifier":"19.2-215.3","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.3","url":"\/19.2-215.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-215.3\/","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"When impaneled; impaneling order","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-215.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon application by two or more attorneys for the Commonwealth, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span>, or any justice designated by the Chief Justice, may within twenty days thereafter order<\/span> the impaneling of a multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> for a term of twelve months. The term of such a grand jury<\/span> may be extended for successive periods of not more than six months by the Chief Justice, or by any justice designated by the Chief Justice, upon the petition<\/span> of a majority of the members of the grand jury<\/span>.\n\t\tThe impaneling order<\/span> shall designate the jurisdiction<\/span> requested on the application as the jurisdiction<\/span> where the multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> shall be convened and shall, unless all judges<\/span> of that circuit<\/span> have recused themselves, appoint a judge<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of that jurisdiction<\/span> as the presiding judge<\/span>. The impaneling order<\/span> shall also designate special counsel<\/span> and each special counsel<\/span> who will assist the multi-jurisdiction<\/span> grand jury<\/span> as listed in the application. The presiding judge<\/span> shall substitute or appoint additional special counsel<\/span> upon motion<\/span> of special counsel<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN IMPANELED; IMPANELING ORDER (\u00a7 19.2-215.3)\n\nUpon application by two or more attorneys for the Commonwealth, the Chief\nJustice of the Supreme Court, or any justice designated by the Chief Justice,\nmay within twenty days thereafter order the impaneling of a multi-jurisdiction\ngrand jury for a term of twelve months. The term of such a grand jury may be\nextended for successive periods of not more than six months by the Chief\nJustice, or by any justice designated by the Chief Justice, upon the petition of\na majority of the members of the grand jury.\n\t\tThe impaneling order shall designate the jurisdiction requested on the\napplication as the jurisdiction where the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall be\nconvened and shall, unless all judges of that circuit have recused themselves,\nappoint a judge of the circuit court of that jurisdiction as the presiding\njudge. The impaneling order shall also designate special counsel and each\nspecial counsel who will assist the multi-jurisdiction grand jury as listed in\nthe application. The presiding judge shall substitute or appoint additional\nspecial counsel upon motion of special counsel.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 543; 2010, c. 438.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}