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It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1973, chapter 439; in 1974, chapter 617; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1991, chapter 226.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351410,"identifier":"19.2-195","token":"19.2\/13\/2\/19.2-195","url":"\/19.2-195\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-195\/","token":"19.2\/13\/2\/19.2-195","dublin_core":{"Title":"Number and qualifications of grand jurors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-195","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A regular <span class=\"dictionary\">grand jury<\/span> shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven persons. 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Each grand juror shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth, eighteen\nyears of age or over, and shall have been a resident of this Commonwealth one\nyear and of the county or corporation in which the court is to be held six\nmonths, and in other respects a qualified juror, and, when the grand juror is\nfor a circuit court of a county, not an inhabitant of a city, except in those\ncases in which the circuit court of the county has jurisdiction in the city.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-150; 1960, c. 366; 1973, c. 439; 1974, c. 617; 1975,\nc. 495; 1991, c. 226.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}