The following shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases: 1. The President and Vice President of the United States, 2. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General of the Commonwealth, 3. The members of both houses of Congress, 4. The members of the General Assembly, while in session or during a period when the member would be entitled to a legislative continuance as a matter of right under § 30-5, 5. Licensed practicing attorneys, 6. The judge of any court, members of the State Corporation Commission, members of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, and magistrates, 7. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state police, and police in counties, cities and towns, 8. The superintendent of the penitentiary and his assistants and the persons composing the guard, 9. Superintendents and jail officers, as defined in § 53.1-1, of regional jails, 10. The elected clerk of any circuit court and such clerk's deputies. Code 1950, § 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.
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