Virginia § 19.2-195 - Number and qualifications of grand jurors
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 19.2-195 — Number and qualifications of grand jurors, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19.2-195. Number and qualifications of grand jurors
A regular grand jury shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven persons. Each grand juror shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth, eighteen years of age or over, and shall have been a resident of this Commonwealth one year and of the county or corporation in which the court is to be held six months, and in other respects a qualified juror, and, when the grand juror is for a circuit court of a county, not an inhabitant of a city, except in those cases in which the circuit court of the county has jurisdiction in the city.
Code 1950, § 19.1-150; 1960, c. 366; 1973, c. 439; 1974, c. 617; 1975, c. 495; 1991, c. 226.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19.2-195 ("Number and qualifications of grand jurors") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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