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§ 16.1-69.1. Repealing clause - All acts and parts of acts, all sections of this...
§ 16.1-69.2. Effect of repeal of Title 16 and amendment of Title 16.1 - The repeal of Title 16 effective as of July 1,...
§ 16.1-69.3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated - Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued...
§ 16.1-69.4. References to former sections, articles or chapters of Title 16 or Title 16.1 as amended - Whenever in this title any of the conditions, requirements, provisions...
§ 16.1-69.5. Meaning of certain terms - Unless the context should otherwise require, the terms set out...
§ 16.1-69.6. Establishment of districts - On and after July 1, 1973, the Commonwealth shall be...
§ 16.1-69.6:1. Number of judges - For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general...
§ 16.1-69.7. District courts - On and after July 1, 1973, in every county and...
§ 16.1-69.7:1. Establishment of certain district courts - A. On and after July 1, 1973, there shall be...
§ 16.1-69.8. Existing courts continued and redesignated; exception - The present system of courts not of record is continued...
§ 16.1-69.9. Judges in office continued; terms of judges; how elected or appointed - Every judge or justice and every associate, assistant and substitute...
§ 16.1-69.9:1. Appointment, terms, etc., of substitute judges - A. Substitute judges shall be appointed by the chief judge...
§ 16.1-69.9:2. Vacancies in office of judges; terms of successor judges; appointment while General Assembly not in session - Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a full-time...
§ 16.1-69.9:3. Investigation and certification of necessity before vacancies filled - When a vacancy occurs in the office of any judge...
§ 16.1-69.9:4. Same; election of successor judges - Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of...
§ 16.1-69.10. Number of judges - The number of general district court judges and juvenile and...
§ 16.1-69.11. Chief judges; judges; substitute judges - Judges of the district courts shall be designated as follows:...
§ 16.1-69.11:1. Acting chief judge - If the chief judge of a district court is unable...
§ 16.1-69.12. Limitations on practice of law by judges - (a) A general district court judge or juvenile and domestic...
§ 16.1-69.13. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2018, c. 164, cl. 2.
§ 16.1-69.14. Number of substitute judges - The number of substitute judges shall be determined as follows:...
§ 16.1-69.15. Qualifications of judges - On and after July 1, 1973, every full-time judge and...
§ 16.1-69.16. Residence requirements - A. Every judge or substitute judge of a district court...
§ 16.1-69.17. Oath of office of judges, clerks and others - Every judge, substitute judge, clerk, deputy clerk, and juvenile and...
§ 16.1-69.17:1. Time within which a judge may qualify; failure to do so vacates office - Any district court judge of this Commonwealth may qualify at...
§ 16.1-69.18. Bonds of judges, clerks, and others handling funds - Before entering upon the performance of his duties every judge,...
§ 16.1-69.19. Incompatible offices - No person shall at the same time hold the office...
§ 16.1-69.20. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1973, c. 546.
§ 16.1-69.21. When substitute to serve; his powers and duties - In the event of the inability of the judge to...
§ 16.1-69.22. Removal of judges and substitute judges - Any judge or substitute judge of a district court may...
§ 16.1-69.22:1. Temporary recall of retired district court judges; evaluation - A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may call...
§ 16.1-69.23. In what cases judge disqualified - If the judge or substitute judge of any district court:...
§ 16.1-69.24. Contempt of court - A. A judge of a district court shall have the...
§ 16.1-69.25. Judge may issue warrants, summons, and subpoenas - Except as otherwise provided by general law, a judge of...
§ 16.1-69.25:1. Judge shall order bill of particulars; time for motion - Upon request of either party, a judge of a district...
§ 16.1-69.26. Judges as conservators of the peace - The judge of each district court having criminal jurisdiction shall...
§ 16.1-69.27. Additional powers of judges - A judge of a district court may take affidavits and...
§ 16.1-69.28. Commitment of insane, etc., persons - A judge of a district court shall have and may...
§ 16.1-69.29. Jurisdiction over certain waters - Where any river, watercourse or bay lies between any counties...
§ 16.1-69.30. District system within unified court system - The district court system shall be within the unified court...
§ 16.1-69.31. The duties of the Judicial Council - The duties of the Judicial Council with respect to the...
§ 16.1-69.32. Rules - The Supreme Court may formulate rules of practice and procedure...
§ 16.1-69.32:1. Substitution of counsel - Except in case of court-appointed counsel, no rule of court...
§ 16.1-69.33. Committee on District Courts - There is hereby established a Committee on District Courts to...
§ 16.1-69.34. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 16.1-69.35. Administrative duties of chief district judge - The chief judge of each district shall have the following...
§ 16.1-69.35:01. Location of district courts for Albemarle County - The Albemarle General District Court and the Albemarle Juvenile and...
§ 16.1-69.35:1. Location of district courts for Carroll County - The General District Court and the Juvenile and Domestic Relations...
§ 16.1-69.35:2. Recording of proceedings in district courts - An audio recording of proceedings in a general district court...
§ 16.1-69.36. Where process returnable and trials held in certain cases - All process, civil and criminal, returnable before a district court...
§ 16.1-69.37. Personnel continued in office - The clerks, deputy clerks, referees, bailiffs and other officers and...
§ 16.1-69.38. Authorization for substitute judges and personnel - The Committee on District Courts established in § 16.1-69.33 shall,...
§ 16.1-69.39. Appointment of personnel - All personnel shall be appointed by, serve at the pleasure...
§ 16.1-69.39:1. Legal service to district court employees and magistrates - All legal services for personnel of the district courts or...
§ 16.1-69.40. Powers and duties of clerks; civil liability - The clerk and deputy clerks shall be conservators of the...
§ 16.1-69.40:1. Traffic infractions within authority of traffic violations clerk; schedule of fines; prepayment of local ordinances - A. The Supreme Court shall by rule, which may from...
§ 16.1-69.40:2. Nontraffic offenses for which prepayment authorized; schedules, fines; prepayment of local ordinances - A. The Supreme Court shall by rule, which may from...
§ 16.1-69.40:3. Financial responsibilities of judges and clerks - The judge of each district court shall have management responsibility...
§ 16.1-69.41. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 3.
§ 16.1-69.42. Clerk when authorized by judge may execute appeal bonds; may make out and attest transcripts - The clerk of a district court may, when authorized so...
§ 16.1-69.43. Judge before whom accused was arraigned may hear case on merits; judge who has heard part of case may hear case to conclusion - No rule shall hereafter be promulgated under the limitations of...
§ 16.1-69.44. Salaries of judges - Each district court judge shall be paid by the Commonwealth...
§ 16.1-69.45. Salaries of clerks and personnel - The Committee on District Courts shall fix the salaries for...
§ 16.1-69.46. How salaries payable - All salaries determined according to the provisions of §§ 16.1-69.44...
§ 16.1-69.47. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 194.
§ 16.1-69.47:1. Travel expenses of judges and clerks; how paid - Any judge or clerk traveling more than five miles from...
§ 16.1-69.48. Fees and fines - A. All fees collected by the judge, substitute judge, clerk...
§ 16.1-69.48:1. Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added - A. Assessment of the fees provided for in this section...
§ 16.1-69.48:1.01. Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses - Beginning May 1, 2003, the clerk shall assess a person,...
§ 16.1-69.48:1.02. Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis - In addition to the fees provided for by § 16.1-69.48:1,...
§ 16.1-69.48:2. Fees for services of district court judges and clerks and magistrates in civil cases - Fees in civil cases for services performed by the judges...
§ 16.1-69.48:3. Fees charged to drug offenders - Whenever in a general district court the costs provided for...
§ 16.1-69.48:4. Costs generally - The provisions of Chapter 6 (§ 17.1-600 et seq.) of...
§ 16.1-69.48:5. Fees for services of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges and clerks in certain civil cases - Except as otherwise provided, upon the initial commencement of any...
§ 16.1-69.48:6. Fees for offenses related to sex trafficking - The court shall order any person convicted of a misdemeanor...
§ 16.1-69.49. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1978, c. 611.
§ 16.1-69.50. Quarters for court and clerk - Each county and city having a general district court or...
§ 16.1-69.51. Books, supplies, etc.; how furnished; Committee to determine form of records - The Commonwealth shall provide dockets and other books, stationery and...
§ 16.1-69.51:1. Display of flags in courtrooms - There shall be displayed inside each courtroom of all district...
§ 16.1-69.52. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 499.
§ 16.1-69.53. Definitions; construction of references to period of years - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
§ 16.1-69.54. General provisions - A. Each district court shall retain and store its court...
§ 16.1-69.54:1. Request for district court records - A. For the purposes of this section, "confidential court records,"...
§ 16.1-69.55. Retention of case records; limitations on enforcement of judgments; extensions - A. Criminal and traffic infraction proceedings: 1. In misdemeanor and...
§ 16.1-69.56. Retention of financial and administrative records - Appropriate retention periods for the financial and administrative records of...
§ 16.1-69.57. Destruction of court records - The clerk of each district court shall destroy the court...
§ 16.1-69.58. Processing, retention and reproduction of court records; retention and destruction of records in which final disposition was entered before January 1, 1985 - The Committee on District Courts, after consultation with the Executive...