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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-199 — Judge to charge grand jury
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 2: Regular Grand Juries, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-199
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
The grand jury, after being sworn, shall be charged by the judge of the court and shall then be sent to their room. In the charge given by the court to a regular grand jury, the court shall instruct it to advise the court after their considerations of the bills of indictment whether it desires to be impanelled as a special grand jury to consider any matters provided for in subdivision (2) of § 19.2-191 .
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