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All citizens over 18 years of age who have been residents of the Commonwealth one year, and of the county, city, or town in which they reside six months next preceding their being summoned to serve as such, and competent in other respects, except as hereinafter provided, shall be liable to serve as jurors.

Non-exempt employees are paid for time worked. Therefore, there is no federal legal requirement (nor Virginia requirement) to pay these employees for jury duty, since this is time not worked. Some employers may voluntarily choose to pay employees (exempt and non-exempt) for jury duty.

If you have been convicted of a felony as an adult and have not had your civil rights restored, or have been declared mentally incompetent and your competence has not been reinstated, you are not eligible to serve on a jury.

Based on the answers to the questionnaires the Court mails, a pool of qualified jurors is created. Individuals are then selected at random from this pool to receive a summons to appear at the courthouse when a grand jury is about to be impaneled or a trial is about to begin.

[7] In some courts, failure to show up for jury duty will result in the judge ordering a capias (court order) for your arrest. Other courts issue a ?show cause? order requiring you to appear and explain why you did not show up for jury duty. If you don't have a valid reason, you may be fined or even incarcerated.

Only a few people are automatically exempt from jury duty; these include members of Congress and the General Assembly (during session), licensed active attorneys, judges, members of sheriff's departments, state troopers, certain corrections officers, and members of executive branches of state and federal governments.