Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-188 (2026)

Jury trial

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When a declaration of right or the granting of further relief based thereon shall involve the determination of issues of fact triable by a jury, such issues may be submitted to a jury in the form of interrogatories, with proper instructions by the court, whether a general verdict be required or not.

Code 1950, § 8-582; 1977, c. 617.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 776 S.E.2d 808 (Va. 2015).

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REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 776 S.E.2d 808 (Va. 2015). · cites it 4× “01-54 (if jury unable to agree then the court shall specify distribution); Code § 8.01-188 (such issues may be submitted to a jury with proper instructions by the court); Code § 8.”

Angstadt v. Atl. Mut. Ins., 492 S.E.2d 118 (Va. 1997). · cites it 4× “Citing Code § 8.01-188, the defendants requested that a jury be impaneled to determine issues of fact.”

SOHO Arlington LLC v. Ames Ctr., L.C. (Va. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 8× “Ames also asserted that Code § 8.01-188 does not provide a separate right to a jury trial for declaratory judgment suits.”

Stumpf v. Brown Distrib. Co., 79 Va. Cir. 284 (Richmond County Cir. Ct. 2009). · cites it 3× “01-188, a right of trial by jury is provided “[w]hen a declaration of right or the granting of further relief thereon shall involve the determination of issues of fact triable by a jury, such issues may be submitted to a jury.”

GEICO v. Karageorge, 22 Va. Cir. 280 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 1990). · cites it 4× “It is clear that some of the matters addressed in the Motion for Declaratory Judgment are issues of fact, for which a jury is proper.”

Vo v. Fed. Ins. Co. (Va. 2015). · cites it 2× “The Role Of The Jury In A Declaratory Judgment Action The parties dispute the preliminary issue of whether the jury's answer of "yes" to the special interrogatory was binding or advisory.”

Bartolomucci v. Fed. Ins. Grp., 87 Va. Cir. 206 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “Va. Code Ann. §§8.01-188 , 8.01-680. This Court agrees and will grant the motion to strike previously made and set aside the jury finding.”

Virginia Farm Bureau v. Johnson, 20 Va. Cir. 209 (Chesterfield Cir. Ct. 1990). · cites it 2× “Virginia Code § 8.01-188 provides for: Jury Trial.”

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