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Prior to being selected from the jury venire, a potential juror shall verify his identity by presenting to the person taking jury attendance any of the following forms of identification: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card; his social security card; his valid Virginia driver’s license or any other identification card issued by a government agency of the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States; or any valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the juror and issued by an employer of the juror in the ordinary course of the employer’s business. If the juror is unable to present one of these forms of identification, he shall sign a statement affirming, under penalty of perjury, that he is the named juror.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275982,"text":"At the time of assembly for the purpose of juror selection, the identity of each member of the jury venire shall be verified as provided in this section. Prior to being selected from the jury venire, a potential juror shall verify his identity by presenting to the person taking jury attendance any of the following forms of identification: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card; his social security card; his valid Virginia driver’s license or any other identification card issued by a government agency of the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States; or any valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the juror and issued by an employer of the juror in the ordinary course of the employer’s business. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 765<\/a> 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. 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 2011, chapter 470<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277181,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76888,"identifier":"8.01-353.1","token":"8.01\/11\/4\/8.01-353.1","url":"\/8.01-353.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-353.1\/","token":"8.01\/11\/4\/8.01-353.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurors to provide identification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-353.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

At the time of assembly for the purpose of juror selection, the identity of each member of the jury<\/span> venire<\/span> shall be verified as provided in this section. Prior to being selected from the jury<\/span> venire<\/span>, a potential juror shall verify his identity by presenting to the person<\/span> taking jury<\/span> attendance any of the following forms of identification: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card; his social security card; his valid Virginia driver’s license or any other identification card issued by a government agency of the Commonwealth, one of its political subdivisions, or the United States; or any valid employee identification card containing a photograph of the juror and issued by an employer of the juror in the ordinary course of the employer’s business. If the juror is unable to present one of these forms of identification, he shall sign a statement affirming, under penalty<\/span> of perjury<\/span>, that he is the named juror.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURORS TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION (\u00a7 8.01-353.1)\n\nAt the time of assembly for the purpose of juror selection, the identity of each\nmember of the jury venire shall be verified as provided in this section. Prior\nto being selected from the jury venire, a potential juror shall verify his\nidentity by presenting to the person taking jury attendance any of the following\nforms of identification: his Commonwealth of Virginia voter registration card;\nhis social security card; his valid Virginia driver’s license or any other\nidentification card issued by a government agency of the Commonwealth, one of\nits political subdivisions, or the United States; or any valid employee\nidentification card containing a photograph of the juror and issued by an\nemployer of the juror in the ordinary course of the employer’s business.\nIf the juror is unable to present one of these forms of identification, he shall\nsign a statement affirming, under penalty of perjury, that he is the named\njuror.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 765; 2011, c. 470.","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}}