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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85432</law_id><section_number>8.01-343</section_number><catch_line>Appointment of jury commissioners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-363</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Selection of Jurors</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of each <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which juries are impaneled shall, prior to the first day of July in each year, appoint for the next ensuing year ending on the following first day of July not less than two nor more than 15 <span class="dictionary">persons</span> as <span class="dictionary">jury</span> commissioners, who shall be competent to serve as jurors under the provisions of this chapter, and shall be citizens of intelligence, morality, and integrity. The <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of a county having the urban county executive form of government may appoint <span class="dictionary">jury</span> commissioners at any time prior to the first day of November in each year. Any one <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the judicial <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> may make such appointment under this section. No practicing attorney-at-<span class="dictionary">law</span>, however, shall be appointed as a <span class="dictionary">jury</span> commissioner. Such appointment shall be certified by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> for which the appointment is made, who shall enter the same on the <span class="dictionary">civil order book</span> of such <span class="dictionary">court</span>. A <span class="dictionary">jury</span> commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment. For the purpose of this section, the two divisions of the <span class="dictionary">Circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of the City of Richmond shall be deemed to be separate <span class="dictionary">courts</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-208.8; 1973, c. 439; 1977, c. 617; 1979, c. 269; 1996, c. 332; 1999, c. 221; 2000, c. 251; 2006, c. 306; 2009, c. 790; 2016, c. 177.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
