                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN IMPANELLED (§ 19.2-206)

A. Special grand juries may be impanelled by a circuit court (i) at any time
upon its own motion, (ii) upon recommendation of a minority of the members of a
regular grand jury that a special grand jury be impanelled, to perform the
functions provided for in subdivision (2) of &#xA7; 19.2-191, or (iii) upon
request of the attorney for the Commonwealth to investigate and report on any
condition that involves or tends to promote criminal activity and consider bills
of indictment to determine whether there is sufficient probable cause to return
each such indictment as a &#8220;true bill.&#8221;

B. A special grand jury shall be impanelled by a circuit court upon the
recommendation of a majority of the members of a regular grand jury if the court
finds probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed which should be
investigated by a special grand jury impanelled to perform the functions
provided for in subdivision (2) of &#xA7; 19.2-191.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-149; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 741; 1980,
c. 134; 1987, c. 136; 2001, c. 4.