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Table of Contents » Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances » Subtitle V. Miscellaneous » Chapter 24. Escheats » § 55.1-2406. Jury of inquest; presentation of evidence

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Code of Virginia
Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances
Chapter 24. Escheats

5/28/2023

§ 55.1-2406. Jury of inquest; presentation of evidence.

The sheriff of the county or city shall summon and return 10 qualified jurors for the inquest, of whom at least seven shall be impaneled as a jury. They shall meet at the courthouse and sit in public and may be adjourned by the escheator from day to day. Every person competent to testify as a witness shall be required to give evidence openly in the presence of the jurors.

Code 1919, § 494; Code 1950, § 55-173; 1977, c. 583; 1984, c. 315; 1990, c. 938; 1996, c. 551; 2019, c. 712.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.