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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377164</law_id><section_number>8.01-338</section_number><catch_line>Who disqualified</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-345</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="21" identifier="11">Juries</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Jurors</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following <span class="dictionary">persons</span> shall be disqualified from serving as jurors:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Persons</span> adjudicated incapacitated; <a id="paragraph-1407762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-338/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Persons</span> convicted of treason or a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1407763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-338/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> under a disability as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General definitions for this title" href="/8.01-2/">8.01-2</a> and not included in subdivisions 1 or 2 above. <a id="paragraph-1407764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-338/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-208.3; 1973, c. 439; 1977, c. 617; 1997, c. 801.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Shaquawn Demonte Warren v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0533221</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-03-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9381839/shaquawn-demonte-warren-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Warren v. Commonwealth (ORDER)</name><case_number>1230248</case_number><citation></citation><date>2024-03-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9483863/warren-v-commonwealth-order/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. VIRGINIA: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Corbin v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>1503012</case_number><citation>564 S.E.2d 147</citation><date>2002-05-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1064627/corbin-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 564 S.E.2d 147 (2002) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Mighty v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>No. 1460-92-4</case_number><citation>17 Va. App. 495</citation><date>1993-12-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6932678/mighty-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Opinion .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Holt v. Virginia</name><case_number>Civ. A. No. 83-0060-D</case_number><citation>567 F. Supp. 210</citation><date>1983-06-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8894546/holt-v-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Thomas Edward Clark v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0620222</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-10-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9433212/thomas-edward-clark-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
