8.01-341 - Who are exempt from jury service. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-341. Who are exempt from jury service.

The following shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminalcases:

1. The President and Vice President of the United States,

2. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General of the Commonwealth,

3. The members of both houses of Congress,

4. The members of the General Assembly, while in session or during a periodwhen the member would be entitled to a legislative continuance as a matter ofright under § 30-5,

5. Licensed practicing attorneys,

6. The judge of any court, members of the State Corporation Commission,members of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, and magistrates,

7. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state police, and police in counties, citiesand towns,

8. The superintendent of the penitentiary and his assistants and the personscomposing the guard,

9. Superintendents and jail officers, as defined in § 53.1-1, of regionaljails.

(Code 1950, § 8-208.6; 1973, c. 439; 1977, cc. 458, 617; 1978, cc. 176, 340;1980, c. 535; 1982, c. 315; 1987, c. 256; 1990, c. 758; 1993, c. 572; 1998,c. 83.)