Jury Service

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Jury Service.” It is part of Chapter 11 “Juries”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 8.01-353	Notice to jurors; making copy of jury panel available to counsel; objection to notice
§ 8.01-353.1	Jurors to provide identification
§ 8.01-354	"Writ of venire facias" defined
§ 8.01-355	Jurors on list to be used for trial of cases during term; discharge or dispensing with attendance of jurors; drawing additional jurors
§ 8.01-356	Failure of juror to appear
§ 8.01-357	Selection of jury panel
§ 8.01-358	Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors
§ 8.01-359	Trial; numbers of jurors in civil cases; how jurors selected from panel
§ 8.01-360	Additional jurors when trial likely to be protracted
§ 8.01-361	New juror may be sworn in place of one disabled; when court may discharge jury
§ 8.01-362	Special juries
§ 8.01-363	When impartial jury cannot be obtained locally