                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFERRAL OR LIMITATION OF JURY SERVICE FOR PARTICULAR OCCUPATIONAL INCONVENIENCE
OR FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE LEGAL CUSTODY AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A CHILD (§
8.01-341.2)

The court, at the request of a person selected for jury service or on its own
motion, may exempt any person from jury service for a particular term of court,
or limit that person&#8217;s service to particular dates of that term, if
serving on a jury during that term or certain dates of that term of court would
cause such person a particular occupational inconvenience. Any such person who
is selected for jury service, and who is exempted under the provisions of this
section, shall not be discharged from his obligation to serve on a jury, but
such obligation shall only be deferred until the term of court next after such
particular occupational inconvenience ends. For purposes of this section,
&#8220;occupational inconvenience&#8221; includes inconvenience to a person (i)
who, during the term of court for which such person is selected for jury
service, is enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited public or private
institution of higher education and who is attending classes at such institution
during such term and (ii) who has legal custody of and is necessarily and
personally responsible for a child or children 16 years of age or younger
requiring continuous care by him during normal court hours. The provisions of
this section shall not interfere with the exemption available under subdivision
8 of § 8.01-341.1.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 108; 1987, c. 155; 2018, c. 259; 2019, c. 518.