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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-345 (2026)

Lists of qualified persons to be prepared by jury commissioners; random selection process

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The commissioners shall, not later than December 1 following their appointment, submit a list showing the names, addresses, freeholder status and, if available, the occupations of such of the inhabitants of their respective counties or cities as are well qualified under § 8.01-337 to serve as jurors and are not excluded or exempt by §§ 8.01-338 to 8.01-341 and 8.01-342. Such master jury list shall be used in selecting jurors for a twelve-month period beginning on the first day of the first term of court in the calendar year next succeeding December 1. The number of persons selected for each court shall be as specified in the order appointing the commissioners.

The jury commissioners shall utilize random selection techniques, either manual, mechanical or electronic, using a current voter registration list and, where feasible, a list of persons issued a driver's license as defined in § 46.2-100 from the Department of Motor Vehicles, city or county directories, telephone books, personal property tax rolls, and other such lists as may be designated and approved by the chief judge of the circuit, to select the jurors representative of the broad community interests, to be placed on the master jury list. The commissioners shall make reasonable effort to exclude the names of deceased persons and unqualified persons from the master jury list. After such random selection, the commissioners shall apply such statutory exceptions and exemptions as may be applicable to the names so selected. The chief judge shall promulgate such procedural rules as are necessary to ensure the integrity of the random selection process and to ensure compliance with other provisions of law with respect to jury selection and service.

Where a city and county adjoin, in whole or in part, the names of the inhabitants of a city shall not be placed upon the county list, nor those of a county upon the city list except in those cases in which the circuit court of the county and the circuit court of the city have concurrent jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases arising within the territorial limits of such county or city. However, in the case of the City of Franklin and the County of Southampton, the number of jurors selected from Southampton County shall be proportionate to the number of jurors selected from the City of Franklin based upon the respective populations of the county and city.

Code 1950, § 8-208.10; 1973, c. 439; 1974, c. 369; 1977, cc. 451, 617; 1978, c. 209; 1979, c. 665; 1983, c. 107; 1984, c. 50; 1989, cc. 616, 632; 1990, c. 758; 2000, c. 828; 2007, cc. 450, 720.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1991–2016 · leading case: Moats v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 244 (Va. Ct. App. 1991).
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Moats v. Commonwealth, 404 S.E.2d 244 (Va. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 6× “01-345 requires that “jury commissioners shall utilize random selection techniques, either manual, mechanical or electronic, using a current voter registration list and .”
Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Bowles, 539 S.E.2d 727 (Va. 2001). · cites it 2× “*28 Code § 8.01-345. At the second stage, a list of potential jurors is drawn from the master list for service during a term of court.”
Corbin v. Commonwealth, 564 S.E.2d 147 (Va. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 10× “In a pre-trial motion to strike the master jury list, Corbin alleged that the jury commissioners did not prepare the master jury list consistent with the requirements of Code § 8.01-345. In particular, he alleged that although the statute indicates “that a master jury list shall…”
John Joseph Rogers v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “JURY SELECTION Rogers argues on appeal that the trial court utilized a non-random jury selection process in violation of his federal and state constitutional due process rights and Code §§ 8.”
Commonwealth v. Broce, 92 Va. Cir. 412 (Augusta Cir. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-345 requires that the “commissioners shall, not later than December 1 following their appointment, submit a list showing the names, addresses, freeholder status, and, if available, the occupations of such of the inhabitants of their respective counties or…”
Willie Walter Butler, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VA (Va. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “01-355 provides, in pertinent part: When by reason of a challenge or otherwise a sufficient number of jurors summoned cannot be obtained for the trial of any case, the judge may select from the names of the jury list provided for by Code § 8.01-345 the names of as many persons…”
Commonwealth v. Dowden, 46 Va. Cir. 34 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1998). · cites it 2× “§ 8.01-345, Code of Virginia. The Commonwealth’s Attorney is an advocate and, as such, is involved in the litigation process, including voir dire and the taking of peremptory strikes.”
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