                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

QUALIFICATION OF JURORS (§ 25.1-228)

A. The provisions of this article shall apply in eminent domain proceedings in
which the issue of just compensation is to be determined by a jury.

B. Persons selected as condemnation jurors shall be residents of the county or
city in which the property to be condemned, or the greater portion thereof, is
situated. No person shall be eligible as a condemnation juror when he, or any
person for him, solicits or requests a member of the jury commission to place
his name on a list of condemnation jurors. All of the persons included on the
list of condemnation jurors shall be freeholders of property within the
jurisdiction.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 4366, 4367; 1928, p. 334; 1948, p. 168; Code 1950, §§
25-12, 25-16; 1962, c. 426, § 25-46.20; 1968, c. 535; 1973, c. 510; 1974, c.
625; 1975, c. 551; 1991, c. 520; 1993, c. 906; 1997, c. 58; 2000, c. 1029; 2003,
c. 940; 2006, c. 586.