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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351411</law_id><section_number>19.2-196</section_number><catch_line>How deficiency of jurors supplied</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="17" identifier="13">Grand Juries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Regular Grand Juries</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a sufficient number of grand jurors do not appear, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the deficiency to be supplied from the bystanders or from a list furnished by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> to the sheriff or sergeant.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-151; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
