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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0221\">221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448639,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363942,"identifier":"44-94","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-94","url":"\/44-94\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-94\/","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-94","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption from jury duty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-94","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The active officers and members of the National Guard shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases upon presentation to the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of a certificate of such membership signed by the commanding officer of the unit of which the person summoned for <span class=\"dictionary\">jury<\/span> service is a member.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION FROM JURY DUTY (\u00a7 44-94)\n\nThe active officers and members of the National Guard shall be exempt from\nserving on juries in civil and criminal cases upon presentation to the clerk of\nthe court of a certificate of such membership signed by the commanding officer\nof the unit of which the person summoned for jury service is a member.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 966; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(79); 2015, c. 221.","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"}}