Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-348 (2026)
How names of jurors drawn from box
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Prior to or during any term of court at which a jury may be necessary, the clerk or deputy clerk, in the presence of the judge or, in his absence, a commissioner in chancery appointed for the purpose by the judge, shall, after thoroughly mixing the ballots in the box, openly draw therefrom such number of ballots as are necessary for the trial of all cases during the term or as the judge shall direct. However, a commissioner shall not be eligible to witness the drawing of a jury to be used in the trial of any case in which he will be interested as attorney or otherwise.
Code 1950, § 8-208.13; 1973, c. 439; 1977, c. 617; 1983, c. 425.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2023 · leading case: Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Bowles, 539 S.E.2d 727 (Va. 2001).
Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Bowles, 539 S.E.2d 727 (Va. 2001). “Code § 8.01-348. Counsel in jury cases to be tried during that term have access to this term list.”
Thomas Edward Clark v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2023). “01-354 (defining the term “writ of venire facias” as the “list or lists of jurors made by the clerk from names drawn from the jury box” and providing that the “notice to appear in court served or mailed as provided herein shall be equivalent to summoning such juror in execution…”
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