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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 17.1-100. Judicial performance evaluation program - A. The Supreme Court, by rule, shall establish and maintain...
§ 17.1-101. Time within which a judge may qualify; failure vacates office - Any judge of this Commonwealth may qualify at any time...
§ 17.1-102. Justices and judges not permitted to practice law or seek or hold elective or other office - No justice or judge shall, during his continuance in office,...
§ 17.1-103. Residence requirements of judges - Each judge of a circuit court shall, during his term...
§ 17.1-104. In election by court, votes to be recorded - In every appointment or election by a court to fill...
§ 17.1-105. Designation of judges to hold courts and assist other judges - A. If a judge of any court of record is...
§ 17.1-106. Temporary recall of retired judges; evaluation - A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may call...
§ 17.1-107. Designation of judge to assist regular judge holding case under advisement for unreasonable length of time - A. In any civil action, a judge of a circuit...
§ 17.1-108. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 17.1-109. Judges pro tempore - Any cause pending in a circuit court, when the judge...
§ 17.1-110. Their appointment and powers - When all the parties to any cause pending in a...
§ 17.1-111. Compensation - Judges pro tempore shall serve without compensation from any public...
§ 17.1-112. Sheriff to attend court as its officer - Neither the Supreme Court nor the Court of Appeals shall...
§ 17.1-113. Places of holding courts; certain orders and decrees entered elsewhere - Every circuit court for any county or city shall be...
§ 17.1-114. When and how changed - Whenever in the opinion of a circuit court or the...
§ 17.1-115. How order or warrant making change posted - A copy of every order of court of a judge...
§ 17.1-116. Change of place or time for holding session of Supreme Court - Whenever, by reason of the destruction, possession by a public...
§ 17.1-117. Certain acts of courts held at improper places confirmed - When any court has at any time prior to June...
§ 17.1-118. Display of flags in courtrooms - There shall be displayed inside each courtroom of a court...
§ 17.1-119. Courts may adjourn for a period not exceeding thirty days - Any court of record may at any term, whether regular...
§ 17.1-120. Adjournment from day to day; effect of failure to sit on day to which adjourned - After a court is opened it shall, during the term,...
§ 17.1-121. Effect of change of time or place of court or failure to sit generally - When the place for holding any court or the day...
§ 17.1-122. Matters not determined to stand continued - All causes on the docket of any court and all...
§ 17.1-123. How orders are recorded and signed - A. All orders that make up each day's proceedings of...
§ 17.1-124. Order books; automated systems - Except as otherwise provided herein, each circuit court clerk shall...
§ 17.1-125. Civil order book - The clerk shall record (i) trust fund orders pursuant to...
§ 17.1-126. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 836, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-128. Recording evidence and incidents of trial in certain civil cases and cost thereof; cost of transcripts; preservation of original notes or records; certified transcript prima facie correct - In all civil cases, the court or judge trying the...
§ 17.1-128.1. Recording evidence and incidents of trial in certain misdemeanor cases - In any misdemeanor case in circuit court for which no...
§ 17.1-129. Filing date and time to be noted on papers - Whenever a pleading in any civil action is filed in...
§ 17.1-130. Execution of judgments and decrees of courts no longer existing - Every judgment, decree or order entered in a court which...
§ 17.1-131. Jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus in matters pertaining to action of service district commission - The circuit court of a county or city having original...
§ 17.1-132. Courts Technology Fund - A. There is hereby established the Courts Technology Fund as...
Chapter 2 - Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records
§ 17.1-200. Clerk of Supreme Court; appointment; removal - There shall be a clerk of the Supreme Court, who...
§ 17.1-201. Appointment of deputies; their duties; how removed, etc. - The Supreme Court, or any four of the justices thereof...
§ 17.1-202. Clerk, etc., of Supreme Court not to act as counsel - No clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme Court...
§ 17.1-203. Where clerk's offices to be kept - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall maintain a clerk's...
§ 17.1-204. Examination of office and accounts of clerk - The books and accounts of the clerk of the Supreme...
§ 17.1-205. Pro Hac Vice Fund - There is hereby established the Pro Hac Vice Fund, a...
§ 17.1-205.1. Sealing Fee Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 17.1-206. Where offices to be located - The clerk's office of every circuit court, or any division...
§ 17.1-207. Days of operation of clerks' offices - A. The clerk's office of every court shall be kept...
§ 17.1-208. Records, etc., open to inspection; copies; exception - A. For the purposes of this section, "confidential court records,"...
§ 17.1-209. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 802, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-210. Removal of records or papers prohibited; exceptions - None of the records or papers of a circuit court...
§ 17.1-211. Maintenance and disposition of certain receipt books, cancelled checks and statements - The clerk of each court of record shall maintain in...
§ 17.1-212. Copying of records becoming illegible - The judge or, if so designated by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-213. Disposition of papers in ended cases - A. All case files for cases ended prior to January...
§ 17.1-214. Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff - The clerk of the circuit court from whose office may...
§ 17.1-215. Process book - The clerk of a circuit court shall keep a process...
§ 17.1-216. Handling fee for service of process - The fee for serving such process, order or decree may...
§ 17.1-217. Power of clerk to administer oath - Any clerk of a court may administer an oath in...
§ 17.1-218. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 63, cl. 1.
§ 17.1-219. Clerk to prepare bonds - Every clerk of a court of record shall prepare, in...
§ 17.1-219.1. Transportation orders; authorization for clerk to issue orders to custodian - In a criminal proceeding, upon authorization by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-220. Duplicate certificate of allowance prohibited, unless ordered by court - Upon proof by the oath of a party or otherwise...
§ 17.1-221. Reports by clerks of the business of courts of record - The clerk of each court of record in this Commonwealth,...
§ 17.1-222. Failure to make report - The Executive Secretary, at the direction of the Court, shall...
§ 17.1-222.1. Collection of fees, etc., by court clerks in lieu of money - The clerks of the several courts of the Commonwealth may,...
§ 17.1-223. Duty of clerk to record writings, etc., and make index - A. Every writing authorized by law to be recorded, with...
§ 17.1-224. Copy of illegible instrument used for making permanent record - In offices of clerks of courts of record in which...
§ 17.1-225. Remote access to nonconfidential court records - The clerk of the circuit court of any county or...
§ 17.1-226. Remote access to certain agencies from clerk of court - The governing body of any locality may give the clerk...
§ 17.1-227. Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers - All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, certificates of...
§ 17.1-227.1. Use of cover sheets on deeds or other instruments by circuit court clerks - A. Circuit court clerks may require that any deed or...
§ 17.1-228. Recording releases of deeds of trust, partial releases of deeds of trust, court ordered releases, or other liens or assignments in cities and counties using microfilm - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the writings required...
§ 17.1-229. Additional documents to be recorded in deed book - All deeds, homestead deeds and leases of personal property, bills...
§ 17.1-230. Documents to be recorded in bond book - All bonds taken of officers, executors, administrators, trustees or other...
§ 17.1-231. Documents to be recorded in will book - All wills, inventories, appraisements, lists of sales and settlements of...
§ 17.1-232. What to be recorded in judgment docket - Abstracts of all judgments authorized or required by law to...
§ 17.1-233. What to be recorded in marriage register - All marriage licenses and all matters relating to marriages required...
§ 17.1-234. Documents to be recorded in "writings partially proved." - All deeds and other instruments which have been only partially...
§ 17.1-235. Recordation of federal farm loan mortgages - The clerks of the circuit courts shall keep a separate...
§ 17.1-236. Recordation of plats and maps - All plats and maps may in the discretion of the...
§ 17.1-237. Validation of recordations in certain plat books - All books in which prior to June 24, 1944, plats...
§ 17.1-238. State highway plat book - The state highway plat book, which shall be provided by...
§ 17.1-239. Character of books used for recording; standards for microfilm, etc. - All books used in the clerk's office for the permanent...
§ 17.1-240. Recording by microphotographic or electronic process - A procedural microphotographic process, digital reproduction, or any other micrographic...
§ 17.1-241. Clerks to procure books for record - Every circuit court clerk shall procure appropriate books for records...
§ 17.1-242. Custody of books, records, etc. - The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall...
§ 17.1-243. Clerks to have land books bound - Except those clerks using an automated system, clerks shall bind,...
§ 17.1-244. Books, etc., in clerks' offices rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced; credit given to transcripts, etc. - Any court of record or, if so designated by the...
§ 17.1-245. Books may be taken from clerk's office to be rebound, etc. - The court or, if so designated by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-246. How costs thereof certified and paid - The cost incurred shall be certified by the court or,...
§ 17.1-247. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 263, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-248. Clerk to make index to each of his books - The clerk of every circuit court shall have an index...
§ 17.1-249. General indexes for clerks' offices; daily index - A. There shall be kept in every clerk's office modern,...
§ 17.1-250. Correction of indexes - No clerk or deputy clerk of any court in which...
§ 17.1-251. Indexing of certain subdivision plats or maps - When any plat or map of a subdivision which contains...
§ 17.1-252. Indexing by tax map reference number - Circuit court clerks in those localities with a unique parcel...
§ 17.1-253. Committee to inquire into necessity of general index; report; plan adopted; locality to cover cost - A. Whenever the circuit court, or the judge thereof, finds...
§ 17.1-254. Validation of judgment records in office of clerk of Circuit Court of Norfolk - The "General Index to Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Books"...
§ 17.1-255. Expired - Expired.
§ 17.1-257. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2000, c. 800, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-258. Expired - Expired.
§ 17.1-258.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 127, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-258.2. Definition - As used in this article, "electronic filing of documents" means...
§ 17.1-258.3. Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings - Any clerk of circuit court may establish and operate a...
§ 17.1-258.3:1. Electronic filing of land records; paper form - A. A clerk of a circuit court may provide a...
§ 17.1-258.3:2. Official certificates and certified records in digital form - A clerk of circuit court may establish a system for...
§ 17.1-258.3:3. Submission of records as electronic documents - Upon written agreement with the clerk, any agency or instrumentality...
§ 17.1-258.4. Signature; when effective as original; notarization; seal - A. If the electronically filed document contains an electronic signature...
§ 17.1-258.5. Application - All documents recorded on or after July 1, 2004 that...
§ 17.1-258.6. Acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court - A. In connection with civil or criminal proceedings in circuit...
§ 17.1-259. Recordation of master deed of trust; form and requisites - A. Any person may record in any clerk's office in...
§ 17.1-260. Recordation, effect and requisites of incorporating deed - Any person may record a deed of trust hereinafter referred...
§ 17.1-261. Recordation of names of men who served during World War I - The clerk of the circuit court of each county or...
§ 17.1-262. Recordation of discharges of those who served in World War I - Whenever the honorable discharge of any person who served in...
§ 17.1-263. World War I Memorial Record - Each circuit court clerk shall maintain a loose-leaf binder suitable...
§ 17.1-264. Recording information on discharges of World War II servicemen - A. When the honorable or dishonorable discharge of any person...
§ 17.1-265. Recordation of evidence of discharge generally; confidentiality - A. The clerk of the circuit court of the county...
§ 17.1-266. Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases - No clerk, sheriff or other officer shall receive payment out...
§ 17.1-267. Services for which clerks may not charge - A. No clerk shall charge for taking bond from, administering...
§ 17.1-268. Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found - Whenever a sheriff is required to serve a declaration in...
§ 17.1-269. To whom fees charged - Unless otherwise provided, the fees mentioned in this article shall...
§ 17.1-270. Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report - A notary or other officer returning affidavits or depositions of...
§ 17.1-271. Deposit of money in bank - Whenever any clerk of a court receives or collects any...
§ 17.1-272. Process and service fees generally - A. The fee for process and service in the following...
§ 17.1-273. Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including a...
§ 17.1-274. Commission on forthcoming bond - A. The commission to be included in a forthcoming bond,...
§ 17.1-275. Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally - A. A clerk of a circuit court shall, for services...
§ 17.1-275.1. Fixed felony fee - Upon conviction of any and each felony charge or upon...
§ 17.1-275.2. Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor - In circuit court, upon the conviction of a person of...
§ 17.1-275.3. Fixed felony revocation fee - Upon the partial or full revocation of suspension of sentence...
§ 17.1-275.4. Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee - In circuit court, when a person whose charge was reduced...
§ 17.1-275.5. Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth - A. The clerk shall assess, in addition to the fees...
§ 17.1-275.6. Fees collected from court reporter fund - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any court in...
§ 17.1-275.7. Fixed misdemeanor fee - In circuit court, upon (i) conviction of any and each...
§ 17.1-275.8. Fixed drug misdemeanor fee - In circuit court, upon conviction of any and each misdemeanor...
§ 17.1-275.9. Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee - In circuit court, when a person is convicted of a...
§ 17.1-275.10. Additional fee - Beginning May 1, 2003, in addition to the fees set...
§ 17.1-275.11. Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses - Beginning May 1, 2003, the clerk shall assess a person,...
§ 17.1-275.11:1. Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 17.1-275.1...
§ 17.1-275.12. Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 16.1-69.48:1,...
§ 17.1-275.13. Additional fee for offenses related to sex trafficking - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 17.1-275.1,...
§ 17.1-275.14. Additional fee for Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund - A. In addition to the fees provided for by §§...
§ 17.1-276. Fee allowed for providing secure remote access to land records - A. A clerk of the circuit court who provides secure...
§ 17.1-277. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 831, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 17.1-278. Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar - In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and...
§ 17.1-279. Additional fee to be assessed by circuit court clerks for information technology - A. In addition to the fees otherwise authorized by this...
§ 17.1-279.1. Additional assessment for electronic summons system - Any county, city, or town, through its governing body, may...
§ 17.1-280. What costs chargeable against prosecutor - If any warrant of arrest for a misdemeanor or felony,...
§ 17.1-281. Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance - A. Any county or city, through its governing body, may...
§ 17.1-282. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 17.1-283. Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions - A. Every clerk of a court of record, except the...
§ 17.1-284. How excess payable into state or local treasury determined - In determining the excess, if any, to be paid into...
§ 17.1-285. Payment of excess - A. The Commonwealth shall be entitled to one-third of the...
§ 17.1-286. Disposition of state funds locally collected - All state funds collected by clerks of courts shall be...
§ 17.1-287. Salaries of clerks of circuit courts - The annual salaries of clerks of circuit courts shall be...
§ 17.1-288. Compensation and expenses of clerks of circuit courts in Cities of Richmond and Newport News - In the City of Richmond and in the City of...
§ 17.1-289. Commission on certain local collections not otherwise provided for - The clerk of every circuit court shall be entitled to...
§ 17.1-290. Contracts by cities - Subject to the approval of the Compensation Board, the council...
§ 17.1-291. Penalty for officers - Any officer failing to comply with the duties imposed upon...
§ 17.1-292. Applicability; definitions - A. The provisions of § 17.1-293 shall apply to clerks...
§ 17.1-293. Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions - A. Notwithstanding Chapter 37 (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title...
§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent expiration date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system - The Executive Secretary shall make available a publicly viewable online...
§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent effective date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system; exceptions - The Executive Secretary shall make available a publicly viewable online...
§ 17.1-294. Secure remote access to land records - A. No circuit court clerk shall provide secure remote access...
§ 17.1-295. Definitions - As used in this title: "Confidential court records" means any...
Chapter 3 - Supreme Court
§ 17.1-300. Composition of Court; quorum; Chief Justice - The Supreme Court shall consist of seven justices, any four...
§ 17.1-301. Presiding justice when Chief Justice absent - In the absence of the Chief Justice, the justice longest...
§ 17.1-302. Senior justice - A. Any Chief Justice or justice of the Supreme Court...
§ 17.1-303. Election of successor justice before date of vacancy - Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of...
§ 17.1-304. Terms and sessions, state of emergency - A. The Supreme Court shall hold one term annually, commencing...
§ 17.1-305. Special sessions - The Supreme Court by an order entered of record, may...
§ 17.1-306. What may be tried at special session; effect of decisions - At any such special session, the Supreme Court, by consent...
§ 17.1-307. Information and recommendations as to other courts - The Supreme Court, with the aid of the Executive Secretary,...
§ 17.1-308. Court may sit and render final judgment en banc or in divisions; when decision becomes judgment of Court; majority must concur in declaring law unconstitutional; rehearings - The Supreme Court may sit and render final judgment en...
§ 17.1-309. Jurisdiction of writs of mandamus and prohibition - The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of...
§ 17.1-310. Habeas corpus, appeals, writs of error and supersedeas - The Supreme Court shall also have jurisdiction to award writs...
§ 17.1-311. Where prohibition and mandamus issued and tried - Writs of prohibition or mandamus from the Supreme Court shall...
§ 17.1-312. Where criminal jurisdiction exercised - The appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in any criminal...
§ 17.1-313. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 and...
§ 17.1-314. Executive Secretary - The Office of Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court, to...
§ 17.1-315. Duties of Executive Secretary - The Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court shall have the...
§ 17.1-316. Printing and binding reports of Supreme Court - When notified by the reporter of the Supreme Court that...
§ 17.1-317. Printing and distribution of advance sheets of such reports - A. In addition to the copies authorized to be printed...
§ 17.1-318. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 280, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-319. Custody and distribution of reports of Supreme Court; Court of Appeals - A. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia...
§ 17.1-320. Furnishing reports to law libraries destroyed by fire - The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia is...
§ 17.1-321. Reporter of Court; his appointment and salary - The Supreme Court shall have authority to contract with some...
§ 17.1-322. Duties - The Reporter shall prepare and deliver from time to time...
§ 17.1-323. Clerk to deliver opinions to Reporter - In those cases which the Reporter is directed to report,...
§ 17.1-324. Justices of Supreme Court - The justices of the Supreme Court shall receive such salaries...
§ 17.1-325. Clerk and deputy clerks of Supreme Court - The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the deputy clerks...
§ 17.1-326. Reporter of Supreme Court - The reporter of the Supreme Court shall receive an annual...
§ 17.1-327. Payment for services of retired judges; members of the State Corporation Commission and Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission - Any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or...
§ 17.1-328. Fees charged and collected by Clerk of Supreme Court - A. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall charge the...
§ 17.1-329. Disposition of fees of Clerk of Supreme Court - The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep an accurate...
§ 17.1-330. Declaration of judicial emergency - A. A judicial emergency may be declared as provided in...
§ 17.1-331. Notice - Any order declaring a judicial emergency shall be recorded in...
Chapter 4 - The Court of Appeals
§ 17.1-400. Creation and organization; election and terms of judges; oath; vacancies; qualifications; incompatible activities prohibited; chief judge - A. The Court of Appeals of Virginia is hereby established...
§ 17.1-401. Senior judge - A. Any chief judge or judge of the Court of...
§ 17.1-402. Sessions; panels; quorum; presiding judges; hearings en banc - A. The Court of Appeals shall sit at such locations...
§ 17.1-403. Rules of practice, procedure, and internal processes; promulgation by Supreme Court; amendments; summary disposition of appeals - The Supreme Court shall prescribe and publish the initial rules...
§ 17.1-404. Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions, writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus - The Court of Appeals shall have authority to punish for...
§ 17.1-405. Appellate jurisdiction - Administrative agency, Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, and civil matter appeals - Unless otherwise provided by law, any aggrieved party may appeal...
§ 17.1-406. Appeals in criminal matters; cases over which Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction - A. Any aggrieved party may appeal to the Court of...
§ 17.1-407. Procedures on appeal - A. The notice of appeal in all cases within the...
§ 17.1-408. Time for filing; notice; opening brief; petition - The notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals shall...
§ 17.1-409. Certification to the Supreme Court - A. In any case in which an appeal has been...
§ 17.1-410. Disposition of appeals; finality of decisions - A. Each appeal of right taken to the Court of...
§ 17.1-411. Review by the Supreme Court - Except where the decision of the Court of Appeals is...
§ 17.1-412. Affirmance, reversal, or modification of judgment; petition for appeal to Supreme Court upon award of new trial - A judgment, order, conviction, or decree of a circuit court...
§ 17.1-413. Opinions; reporting, printing and electronic publication - A. The Court of Appeals shall state in writing the...
§ 17.1-414. Facilities and supplies - A. The Court of Appeals shall be housed in the...
§ 17.1-415. Compensation for judges; expenses - The judges of the Court of Appeals shall receive from...
§ 17.1-416. Clerk; seal; deputies and other employees; clerk's fees - There shall be a clerk of the Court of Appeals,...
§ 17.1-417. Support staff - Each judge of the Court of Appeals shall be entitled...
§ 17.1-418. Fees charged by Clerk of the Court of Appeals - The Clerk of the Court of Appeals shall charge the...
Chapter 5 - Circuit Courts
§ 17.1-500. Establishment of circuit courts - For the City of Williamsburg and James City County, and...
§ 17.1-501. Judges of circuit courts; selection, powers and duties of chief judges; exercise of appointive powers - A. There shall be as many judges of the circuit...
§ 17.1-502. (For contingent expiration date see cc. 524 and 542) Administrator of circuit court system - A. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall be...
§ 17.1-502. (For contingent effective date see cc. 524 and 542) Administrator of circuit court system - A. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall be...
§ 17.1-503. Rules of practice and procedure; rules not to preclude judges from hearing certain cases - A. The Supreme Court may formulate rules of practice and...
§ 17.1-504. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 17.1-505. Circuit court of county to constitute circuit court of certain cities - The circuit court of any county, within which is situated...
§ 17.1-506. Judicial circuits - 1. The City of Chesapeake shall constitute the first circuit....
§ 17.1-507. Maximum number of judges; residence requirement; compensation; powers; etc. - A. For the several judicial circuits there shall be judges,...
§ 17.1-508. Judges in new or changed circuits; ratifying, validating and confirming certain actions - In any case heretofore or hereafter arising in which a...
§ 17.1-509. Vacancies in office of judge - Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of judge, a...
§ 17.1-510. Election of judge of new circuit; how court held meanwhile - If a new or additional circuit is created, a judge...
§ 17.1-511. Investigation and certification of necessity before vacancies filled - When a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of...
§ 17.1-512. Election of successor judge before date of vacancy - Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of...
§ 17.1-513. Jurisdiction of circuit courts - The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of proceedings by quo...
§ 17.1-513.01. Jurisdiction of circuit courts with respect to charitable assets - A. The circuit courts shall have the same subject matter...
§ 17.1-513.1. Appeals from administrative proceedings; abuse and neglect; record to be sealed - In cases appealed to the circuit court involving child abuse...
§ 17.1-513.2. Use of telephonic communication systems or electronic video and audio communication systems to conduct hearing - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any civil proceeding...
§ 17.1-514. When plaintiff entitled to less than $100; judgment for defendant - In any personal action in a circuit court, wherein it...
§ 17.1-515. Jurisdiction formerly in county courts - The jurisdiction and powers which were vested in the county...
§ 17.1-515.1. Territorial jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg - The territorial jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for the City...
§ 17.1-515.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2018, c. 164, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-515.3. Designation of courtrooms within twenty-first and twenty-third circuits for trial of certain cases - The chief judge of the twenty-first and the twenty-third judicial...
§ 17.1-515.4. Designation of certain courtrooms within sixteenth circuit for trial of certain cases - When it appears to one or more of the judges...
§ 17.1-515.5. Designation of certain courtrooms within twenty-fifth circuit for trial of certain cases - When it appears to one or more of the judges...
§ 17.1-515.6. Concurrent law-enforcement jurisdiction over Joint Judicial Center in Winchester - The Frederick County Sheriff's Department shall have, concurrently with the...
§ 17.1-516. Jurisdiction of courts over certain waters - Where any river, watercourse, or bay lies between any counties...
§ 17.1-517. Number of terms; how fixed - The chief judge of each circuit shall fix the terms...
§ 17.1-518. Special terms; when, how and by whom appointed - If any term of a circuit court is to end,...
§ 17.1-519. Adjournment thereof to a future day - Whenever any judge of a circuit court has appointed a...
§ 17.1-520. What tried at a special term - At any such special term: 1. Any civil case may...
§ 17.1-521. Who to hold special term; powers - Every such special term may be held by the judge...
§ 17.1-522. Adjournment of special term - A special term may be adjourned from time to time...
§ 17.1-523. Salaries of judges of circuit courts - The judges of the circuit courts shall each receive such...
§ 17.1-524. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 592.
Chapter 6 - Costs Generally
§ 17.1-600. Laws of costs not penal; discretion of courts of equity - The laws of costs shall not be interpreted as penal...
§ 17.1-601. General rule as to recovery of costs on final judgment - Except when it is otherwise provided, the party for whom...
§ 17.1-602. When successful plaintiff not to recover costs - In any personal action not on contract, if a verdict...
§ 17.1-603. Costs when suit is in name of one person for another - When a suit is in the name of one person...
§ 17.1-604. Costs in appellate courts - In every case in the Supreme Court or the Court...
§ 17.1-605. Same; printing or otherwise reproducing brief and appendix - Any party in whose favor costs are allowed in the...
§ 17.1-606. Persons allowed services without fees or costs - A. Any person who is (i) a plaintiff in a...
§ 17.1-607. Security for costs upon suit by nonresident - In any suit or action, except when an indigent is...
§ 17.1-608. How obligor in such bond may obtain indemnity - On the motion of an obligor in such bond, after...
§ 17.1-609. Costs on certain motions and interlocutory orders - Upon any motion, other than for a judgment for money,...
§ 17.1-610. Payment of costs when new trial granted - The party to whom a new trial is granted shall,...
§ 17.1-611. Allowances to witnesses for Commonwealth - All witnesses summoned for the Commonwealth shall be entitled to...
§ 17.1-612. Allowances to other witnesses - A person attending as a witness under a summons not...
§ 17.1-613. By whom and upon what certificate allowances to witnesses paid - The sum to which a witness is entitled shall be...
§ 17.1-614. List of entries made on behalf of witnesses - The clerk shall, immediately after the adjournment of any court,...
§ 17.1-615. Time within which witnesses may be paid out of state treasury - No payment out of the state treasury shall be made...
§ 17.1-616. Restriction of costs for witnesses generally; when entry for witness not allowed - The court may restrict the taxation in the costs for...
§ 17.1-617. Number of witnesses paid fees in criminal cases - Not more than the maximum number of witnesses provided for...
§ 17.1-618. Allowances for jurors; expenses of keeping jury together; fees of jury commissioners and commissioner in chancery for drawing of juries - Every person summoned as a juror in a civil or...
§ 17.1-619. How jurors paid - A. The compensation and allowances of persons attending the court...
§ 17.1-620. When juror not entitled to compensation - No person shall be entitled to receive any compensation for...
§ 17.1-621. Clerk to make entry on minutes stating amount due and by whom payable - The clerk of any court in which juries are impaneled...
§ 17.1-622. Clerk to transmit orders making allowances to Supreme Court, treasurer and jurors - Such clerk shall immediately, after the adjournment of the court,...
§ 17.1-623. Payment of allowances - The treasurer of such political subdivision shall upon demand pay...
§ 17.1-624. Who to tax costs - The clerk of the court wherein any party recovers costs...
§ 17.1-625. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2018, c. 35, cl. 1.
§ 17.1-626. Other items to be taxed in costs - The clerk shall tax in the costs all taxes on...
§ 17.1-626.1. Recovery of costs in civil actions for bad checks - A. In any civil action by a holder to recover...
§ 17.1-627. Premium on indemnifying bond taxed as costs - In case of any attachment or any levy pursuant to...
§ 17.1-628. Judgment or decree for costs on behalf of Commonwealth; costs to be paid into state treasury - In a case wherein there is judgment or decree on...
§ 17.1-629. No judgment for costs against Commonwealth; exception - In no case, civil or criminal, whether in a court...
Chapter 7 - Judicial Policy-Making Bodies
§ 17.1-700. Composition of Council; committees - The Judicial Council shall be established in the judiciary branch...
§ 17.1-701. Appointment and terms of members - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the legislative...
§ 17.1-702. Meetings of Council and committees - The Chief Justice, or, in case of his inability to...
§ 17.1-703. Presiding officer; study of procedure - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the other...
§ 17.1-704. Expenses; Secretary and assistants; printing - Each member of the Council shall serve without compensation, and...
§ 17.1-705. Report and recommendations - A report of the proceedings of the Council shall be...
§ 17.1-705.1. Civil immunity for investigation of commissioners of accounts, etc. - All members of the Standing Committee on Commissioners of Accounts...
§ 17.1-705.2. Days when circuit courts shall be open - Subject to §§ 2.2-3300 and 17.1-207, the Judicial Council may...
§ 17.1-706. Establishment and membership - There is hereby established the Judicial Conference of Virginia, which...
§ 17.1-707. President; executive committee - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be the...
§ 17.1-708. Meetings - The Conference shall meet at least once in each calendar...
§ 17.1-709. Expenses of members - The active members and honorary members shall receive their reasonable...
Chapter 8 - Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
§ 17.1-800. Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission created - There is hereby created within the judicial branch as an...
§ 17.1-801. Purpose - The General Assembly, to ensure the imposition of appropriate and...
§ 17.1-802. Membership; terms; compensation and expenses - A. The Commission shall be composed of 17 members as...
§ 17.1-803. Powers and duties - The Commission shall: 1. Develop, maintain and modify as may...
§ 17.1-804. Meetings; staff support - A. Regular meetings of the Commission shall be held on...
§ 17.1-805. Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints - A. The Commission shall adopt an initial set of discretionary...
§ 17.1-805.1. (Effective July 1, 2023) Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for certain defendants - The Commission shall adopt discretionary felony sentencing guidelines that may...
§ 17.1-806. Sentencing guidelines modifications; effective date - After adoption of the initial guidelines, any modification to the...
Chapter 9 - Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission
§ 17.1-900. Definitions and application of chapter - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 17.1-901. Commission created; membership and terms of office - There is created a Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission in...
§ 17.1-902. Powers and duties of Commission generally - The Commission is vested with the power, and it shall...
§ 17.1-903. Officers and employees; experts and reporters; witnesses; legal counsel - The Commission may (i) employ such officers, assistants, and other...
§ 17.1-904. Compensation and expenses - Members of the Commission shall receive compensation for their services...
§ 17.1-905. Annual report - On or before December 1 of each year, the Commission...
§ 17.1-906. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court - In addition to the jurisdiction conferred on the Supreme Court...
§ 17.1-907. Oaths; inspection of books and records; subpoenas - In the conduct of investigations and formal hearings, the Commission...
§ 17.1-908. Scope of process - In any investigation or formal proceeding in any part of...
§ 17.1-909. Order compelling witness to attend and testify - If any person refuses to attend or testify or produce...
§ 17.1-910. Depositions - In any pending investigation or formal hearing, the Commission may...
§ 17.1-911. Suspension of judge - A. In any pending investigation or formal hearing, the Commission...
§ 17.1-912. Physical or mental examination - A. Whenever the Commission has probable cause to believe a...
§ 17.1-913. Confidentiality of papers and proceedings - A. All papers filed with and proceedings before the Commission,...
§ 17.1-914. Privilege - The filing of papers with and the giving of testimony...
§ 17.1-915. Witness fees; mileage; exception - A. Each witness, shall receive for his attendance the same...
§ 17.1-916. Costs - No award of costs shall be made in any proceeding...
§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms - A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and...
§ 17.1-918. Transmission of certain information to Virginia State Bar, House Committee for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and other members of the General Assembly - A. The Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall transmit to...
§ 17.1-919. Service of process; execution of orders - It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and sergeants...
Chapter 10 - Court Reporters
§ 17.1-1000. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 17.1-1001. Applicability; waiver - A. This chapter applies to court reporting services performed in...
§ 17.1-1002. Prohibited actions; exception - A. A court reporter or court reporting services provider shall...
§ 17.1-1003. Comparable treatment of parties - A. At any time during or following a legal proceeding,...
§ 17.1-1004. Pro bono services - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the...
§ 17.1-1005. Penalties - A. A person harmed by a violation of this chapter...