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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377170</law_id><section_number>8.01-341</section_number><catch_line>Who are exempt from jury service</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 shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The President and Vice President of the United States, <a id="paragraph-1407783" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> of the Commonwealth, <a id="paragraph-1407784" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The members of both houses of Congress, <a id="paragraph-1407785" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The members of the General Assembly, while in session or during a period when the member would be entitled to a legislative <span class="dictionary">continuance</span> as a matter of right under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Continuance or time for filing pleading, etc., where party or attorney is connected with General Assembly or Division of Legislative Services" href="/30-5/">30-5</a>, <a id="paragraph-1407786" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Licensed practicing attorneys, <a id="paragraph-1407787" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of any <span class="dictionary">court</span>, members of the State Corporation Commission, members of the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation Commission, and <span class="dictionary">magistrates</span>, <a id="paragraph-1407788" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sheriffs</span>, deputy <span class="dictionary">sheriffs</span>, state police, and police in counties, cities and towns, <a id="paragraph-1407789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> The superintendent of the penitentiary and his assistants and the <span class="dictionary">persons</span> composing the guard, <a id="paragraph-1407790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Superintendents and jail officers, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/53.1-1/">53.1-1</a>, of regional jails, <a id="paragraph-1407791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> The elected clerk of any <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> and such clerk&#x2019;s deputies. <a id="paragraph-1407792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-341/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-208.6; 1973, c. 439; 1977, cc. 458, 617; 1978, cc. 176, 340; 1980, c. 535; 1982, c. 315; 1987, c. 256; 1990, c. 758; 1993, c. 572; 1998, c. 83; 2025, c. 92.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><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="1"><name>Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Hulvey</name><case_number>Record 840379</case_number><citation>353 S.E.2d 747</citation><date>1987-03-06</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1393547/caterpillar-tractor-co-v-hulvey/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 353 S.E.2d 747 (1987) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Mu'Min v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record 890899</case_number><citation>389 S.E.2d 886</citation><date>1990-03-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1307282/mumin-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. SENIOR JUSTICE POFF .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
