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§ 16.1-76. Venue - In all civil actions over which the general district courts...
§ 16.1-77. Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim - Except as provided in Article 5 (§ 16.1-122.1 et seq.),...
§ 16.1-77.1. When general district court may give judgment on forthcoming bond - A general district court may, on motion, after 10 days'...
§ 16.1-77.2. Jurisdiction of partition of personal property and proceedings therefor - Every general district court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for...
§ 16.1-78. Judgment by confession not affected - None of the provisions of § 16.1-77 shall affect the...
§ 16.1-79. Actions brought on warrant - A civil action in a general district court may be...
§ 16.1-79.1. Electronic filing of civil cases - The general district courts shall accept case data in an...
§ 16.1-80. Service of warrant and return thereof - The officer issuing a warrant shall deliver to the officer...
§ 16.1-81. Actions brought by motion for judgment - A civil action in a general district court may be...
§ 16.1-81.1. Certain corporations; pro se representation - When the amount in controversy in any action at law...
§ 16.1-82. Service of motion; return thereon and delivery to the court; how disposed of - The plaintiff shall file with the clerk of the court...
§ 16.1-83. Consent of parties required for trial within five days of service - No trial of a warrant or motion for judgment under...
§ 16.1-83.1. Certification of expert witness opinion at time of service of process - Every warrant in debt, counter claim, or third party claim...
§ 16.1-84. When action or proceeding not lost; when matured for hearing - In the event the return day of any civil action...
§ 16.1-85. What term "warrant" to include - Whenever the word "warrant" is used in any section of...
§ 16.1-86. When action deemed brought - A civil action on a warrant in a district court...
§ 16.1-86.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 109.
§ 16.1-87. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 499.
§ 16.1-88. Procedure when plaintiff sues on sworn claim - If a civil action in a general district court is...
§ 16.1-88.01. Counterclaims - In any proceeding before any general district court a defendant...
§ 16.1-88.02. Cross-claims - Subject to the jurisdictional limitations prescribed by law, in any...
§ 16.1-88.03. Pleadings and other papers by certain parties not represented by attorneys - A. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited partnership, professional...
§ 16.1-88.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 183.
§ 16.1-88.2. Evidence of medical reports, statements, or records; testimony of health care provider or custodian of records - In a civil suit tried in a general district court...
§ 16.1-89. Subpoena duces tecum; attorney-issued subpoena duces tecum - A judge or clerk of a district court may issue...
§ 16.1-90. Recognizance upon continuation of case - Judges of courts not of record may, upon the continuance...
§ 16.1-91. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 25.
§ 16.1-91.1. Costs to be included in judgment on forthcoming bond - The judge of a general district court, on giving judgment...
§ 16.1-91.2. Judge to keep record of judgment on forthcoming bond; how to endorse execution - The judge of the general district court, rendering a judgment...
§ 16.1-92. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 869, cl. 2.
§ 16.1-93. Principles applicable to trial of cases - Every action or other proceeding in a court not of...
§ 16.1-93.1. Use of telephonic communication systems or electronic video and audio communication systems to conduct hearing - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any proceeding under...
§ 16.1-94. Judgment to be noted on papers; formal orders may be entered - Whenever a judgment is rendered in a court not of...
§ 16.1-94.01. When and how satisfaction entered on judgment - A. When satisfaction of any judgment rendered in a court...
§ 16.1-94.1. Limitations on enforcement of district court judgments - For judgments entered in a general district court on or...
§ 16.1-95. Abstract of judgment - At any time while the papers in any case in...
§ 16.1-96. What abstract to contain - An abstract of a judgment rendered in a court not...
§ 16.1-97. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 98.
§ 16.1-97.1. When a new trial is granted - A. No new trial may be granted from any judgment...
§ 16.1-98. Fieri facias or writ of possession on judgment - Upon a judgment being rendered in a general district court...
§ 16.1-99. When and where executions returnable; to whom directed - A writ of fieri facias or a writ of possession...
§ 16.1-100. Additional executions; by whom issued - Subject to the limitations prescribed in Chapter 17 (§ 8.01-426...
§ 16.1-101. Proceedings against officer failing to make or making improper return - If an officer fail to make due return of any...
§ 16.1-102. Officers and sureties liable for money collected after return day - If, after the return day of an execution issued on...
§ 16.1-103. Proceedings by interrogatories - Whenever a fieri facias has been issued upon a judgment...
§ 16.1-104. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 499.
§ 16.1-105. Attachments - The proceedings on any attachment brought in a court not...
§ 16.1-106. Appeals from courts not of record in civil cases - A. From any order entered or judgment rendered in a...
§ 16.1-106.1. Withdrawal of appeal in civil cases - A. A party who has appealed a final judgment or...
§ 16.1-107. Requirements for appeal - A. No appeal shall be allowed unless and until the...
§ 16.1-108. Deposit of money in lieu of bond - In lieu of giving bond with surety as provided in...
§ 16.1-109. Appellate court may require new or additional security - A. The court to which the appeal is taken may...
§ 16.1-110. Bankruptcy of appellant does not release surety - No surety in any appeal bond given by the appellant...
§ 16.1-111. Court to which appeal sent - The party taking an appeal may, when there is more...
§ 16.1-112. All papers transmitted to appellate court; further proceedings - The judge or clerk of any court from which an...
§ 16.1-113. How appeals tried - Every such appeal shall be tried by the court in...
§ 16.1-114. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 499.
§ 16.1-114.1. Principles applicable in trial of appeals; defective or irregular warrants or motions - Actions or proceedings appealed from district courts shall be tried...
§ 16.1-115. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1986, c. 45.
§ 16.1-116. Issuance of executions and abstracts and proceedings by interrogatories after papers returned to circuit court - When a judgment has been rendered in a civil action...
§ 16.1-117. When papers in civil cases in certain municipal courts may be destroyed - The clerk of any municipal court in which papers are...
§ 16.1-118. When papers in civil cases returned to courts of record may be destroyed - The clerk of any court of record to whose office...
§ 16.1-118.1. Destruction of papers in civil cases in certain district courts - In Henrico County or Montgomery County, the clerk of any...
§ 16.1-119. Proceedings to try title to property levied on under distress or execution - When an execution on a judgment of a general district...
§ 16.1-120. Summons in such case - If the party making such application shall make and file...
§ 16.1-121. Order after hearing - After hearing the parties or such of them as may...
§ 16.1-122. Appeal - If the property or money claimed in any such proceeding...
§ 16.1-122.1. Small claims court; designated - On or before July 1, 1999, each general district court...
§ 16.1-122.2. Jurisdiction - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the small...
§ 16.1-122.3. Actions; how commenced; notice; continuances; pleadings - A. Actions in the small claims court shall be commenced...
§ 16.1-122.4. Representation and removal; rights of parties - A. All parties shall be represented by themselves in actions...
§ 16.1-122.5. Informal hearings; rules of evidence suspended - In trials before the small claims court, witnesses shall be...
§ 16.1-122.6. Judgment and collection - The small claims court shall follow the procedures of the...
§ 16.1-122.7. Appeals - Appeals from the small claims court shall be as in...