All process, civil and criminal, returnable before a district court of a county shall, if the defendants or any of them reside in a city or town in which the court is held, be made returnable at the courtroom or place the court is held in such city or town, but if none of the defendants reside therein it shall be made returnable to the county seat, or to one of the other places where the court is held, whichever shall be nearer or more accessible to such defendant or defendants. If the process is made returnable to some other place than the county seat the place to which it is returnable shall be designated therein. For all jurisdictional requirements hereunder the county seat and each and all of the places designated for the holding of the court shall be deemed to be a part of each and every magisterial district in the county.
1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record
§ 16.1-69.2. Effect of repeal of Title 16 and amendment of Title 16.1
§ 16.1-69.3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
§ 16.1-69.5. Meaning of certain terms
§ 16.1-69.6. Establishment of districts
§ 16.1-69.6:1. Number of judges
§ 16.1-69.7:1. Establishment of certain district courts
§ 16.1-69.8. Existing courts continued and redesignated; exception
§ 16.1-69.9. Judges in office continued; terms of judges; how elected or appointed
§ 16.1-69.9:1. Appointment, terms, etc., of substitute judges
§ 16.1-69.9:3. Investigation and certification of necessity before vacancies filled
§ 16.1-69.9:4. Same; election of successor judges
§ 16.1-69.10. Number of judges
§ 16.1-69.11. Chief judges; judges; substitute judges
§ 16.1-69.11:1. Acting chief judge
§ 16.1-69.12. Limitations on practice of law by judges
§ 16.1-69.14. Number of substitute judges
§ 16.1-69.15. Qualifications of judges
§ 16.1-69.16. Residence requirements
§ 16.1-69.17. Oath of office of judges, clerks and others
§ 16.1-69.17:1. Time within which a judge may qualify; failure to do so vacates office
§ 16.1-69.18. Bonds of judges, clerks, and others handling funds
§ 16.1-69.19. Incompatible offices
§ 16.1-69.21. When substitute to serve; his powers and duties
§ 16.1-69.22. Removal of judges and substitute judges
§ 16.1-69.22:1. Temporary recall of retired district court judges; evaluation
§ 16.1-69.23. In what cases judge disqualified
§ 16.1-69.24. Contempt of court
§ 16.1-69.25. Judge may issue warrants, summons, and subpoenas
§ 16.1-69.25:1. Judge shall order bill of particulars; time for motion
§ 16.1-69.26. Judges as conservators of the peace
§ 16.1-69.27. Additional powers of judges
§ 16.1-69.28. Commitment of insane, etc., persons
§ 16.1-69.29. Jurisdiction over certain waters
§ 16.1-69.30. District system within unified court system
§ 16.1-69.31. The duties of the Judicial Council
§ 16.1-69.32:1. Substitution of counsel
§ 16.1-69.33. Committee on District Courts
§ 16.1-69.35. Administrative duties of chief district judge
§ 16.1-69.35:01. Location of district courts for Albemarle County
§ 16.1-69.35:1. Location of district courts for Carroll County
§ 16.1-69.35:2. Recording of proceedings in district courts
§ 16.1-69.36. Where process returnable and trials held in certain cases
§ 16.1-69.37. Personnel continued in office
§ 16.1-69.38. Authorization for substitute judges and personnel
§ 16.1-69.39. Appointment of personnel
§ 16.1-69.39:1. Legal service to district court employees and magistrates
§ 16.1-69.40. Powers and duties of clerks; civil liability
§ 16.1-69.40:3. Financial responsibilities of judges and clerks
§ 16.1-69.44. Salaries of judges
§ 16.1-69.45. Salaries of clerks and personnel
§ 16.1-69.46. How salaries payable
§ 16.1-69.47:1. Travel expenses of judges and clerks; how paid
§ 16.1-69.48:1.01. Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses
§ 16.1-69.48:1.02. Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis
§ 16.1-69.48:2. Fees for services of district court judges and clerks and magistrates in civil cases
§ 16.1-69.48:3. Fees charged to drug offenders
§ 16.1-69.48:4. Costs generally
§ 16.1-69.48:6. Fees for offenses related to sex trafficking
§ 16.1-69.50. Quarters for court and clerk
§ 16.1-69.51. Books, supplies, etc.; how furnished; Committee to determine form of records
§ 16.1-69.51:1. Display of flags in courtrooms
§ 16.1-69.53. Definitions; construction of references to period of years
§ 16.1-69.54. General provisions
§ 16.1-69.54:1. Request for district court records
§ 16.1-69.55. Retention of case records; limitations on enforcement of judgments; extensions
§ 16.1-69.56. Retention of financial and administrative records