---
type: Person
title: "Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"
description: "VA Attorney General — State of Virginia"
role: "VA Attorney General"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "executive"
state: "VA"
tenure:
  start: "2026-01-17"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 4
ids:
  person: "88b90aa9-9653-4ccc-8035-89eaaa93e6bd"
  office: "bd5258e7-43bc-4b8c-ae07-69cc8ab4ea8d"
  tenure: "3abcfc8f-8d1e-4705-a216-575a359f8ba8"
  jurisdiction: "b894c281-3f07-423d-b622-cd074e9f10de"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, executive, va]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones

Current VA Attorney General (State of Virginia).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).