Code of Virginia - Title 16.1 Courts Not Of Record - Chapter 4.1 District Courts

16.1-69.1 Repealing clause
All acts and parts of acts, all sections of this Code, and all provisions of municipal charters, inconsistent with the provisions of this title, as ...
16.1-69.2 through 16.1-69.4
Not set out. (1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.) ...
16.1-69.5 Meaning of certain terms
Unless the context should otherwise require, the terms set out in this section shall be construed as follows: (a) "Courts not of record" shall mean ...
16.1-69.6 Establishment of districts
On and after July 1, 1973, the Commonwealth shall be divided into districts encompassing all counties and cities in the Commonwealth to provide a basis ...
16.1-69.6:1 Number of judges
For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the number as hereinafter ...
16.1-69.7 District courts
Domestic Relations District Court," and for each such court there shall be one or more judges who shall be called the judge of such general ...
16.1-69.7:1 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1976, c. 319.) ...
16.1-69.8 Existing courts continued and redesignated; exception
The present system of courts not of record is continued as follows on and after July 1, 1973: (a) The county court in each county ...
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 judge or justice of a court not of record in office January 1, 1973, shall ...
16.1-69.9:1 Appointment, terms, etc., of substitute judges
(a) Substitute judges shall be appointed by the chief judge of the circuit court having jurisdiction within the district for a term of six years. ...
16.1-69.9:2 Vacancies in office of judges; terms of successor judges; appointment while General Assembly not i...
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a full-time district court judge the successor shall be elected for a full term of six years ...
16.1-69.9:3 Investigation and certification of necessity before vacancies filled
When a vacancy occurs in the office of any judge of any district, the vacancy shall not be filled until, after investigation, the Committee on ...
16.1-69.9:4 Same; election of successor judges
Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of a full-time district judge while the General Assembly is in session, or whenever the term ...
16.1-69.10 Number of judges
The number of general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, excluding substitute judges, shall be determined as follows: (a) Judges ...
16.1-69.11 Chief judges; judges; substitute judges
Judges of the district courts shall be designated as follows: (a) In each district there shall be one chief general district judge and one chief ...
16.1-69.12 Limitations on practice of law by judges
(a) A general district court judge or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge elected as a full-time judge for a term commencing on or ...
16.1-69.13 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.) ...
16.1-69.14 Number of substitute judges
The number of substitute judges shall be determined as follows: (a) Substitute judges in office on June 30, 1975, shall be permitted to complete their ...
16.1-69.15 Qualifications of judges
On and after July 1, 1973, every full-time judge and substitute judge of a district court shall be at the time of his appointment or ...
16.1-69.16 Residence requirements
A. Every judge or substitute judge of a district court shall, during his term of office, reside within the boundaries of the district in which ...
16.1-69.17 Oath of office of judges, clerks and others
Every judge, substitute judge, clerk, deputy clerk, and juvenile and domestic relations probation officer of a juvenile and domestic relations district court shall, before entering ...
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 any time after receiving his commission and before the expiration of thirty days after the ...
16.1-69.18 Bonds of judges, clerks, and others handling funds
Before entering upon the performance of his duties every judge, substitute judge, clerk, deputy clerk or other officer or employee of a district court shall ...
16.1-69.19 Incompatible offices
No person shall at the same time hold the office of judge or substitute judge of a district court and the office of magistrate, clerk ...
16.1-69.20 Description unavailable
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 perform the duties of his office or any of them by reason of sickness, absence, ...
16.1-69.22 Removal of judges and substitute judges
Any judge or substitute judge of a district court may be removed from office in the manner and for any of the causes prescribed in ...
16.1-69.22:1 Temporary recall of retired district court judges
A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may call upon and authorize any judge of a district court who is retired under the Judicial ...
16.1-69.23 In what cases judge disqualified
If the judge or substitute judge of any district court: (1) Be a party to an action; (2) Be interested in the result of any ...
16.1-69.24 Contempt of court
A judge of a district court shall have the same powers and jurisdiction as a judge of a circuit court to punish summarily for contempt, ...
16.1-69.25 Judge may issue warrants, summons and subpoenas
Except as otherwise provided by general law, a judge of a district court may, within the scope of his general jurisdiction within the area which ...
16.1-69.25:1 Judge shall order bill of particulars; time for motion
Upon request of either party, a judge of a district court may direct the filing of a written bill of particulars at any time before ...
16.1-69.26 Judges as conservators of the peace
The judge of each district court having criminal jurisdiction shall be a conservator of the peace within the limits of the territory in which he ...
16.1-69.27 Additional powers of judges
A judge of a district court may take affidavits and administer oaths and affirmations in all matters and proceedings, may issue all appropriate orders or ...
16.1-69.28 Commitment of insane, etc., persons
A judge of a district court shall have and may exercise, concurrently with special justices appointed for the purpose, the jurisdiction conferred by general law ...
16.1-69.29 Jurisdiction over certain waters
Where any river, watercourse or bay lies between any counties or any cities, or any county and city in this Commonwealth, the district courts therein, ...
16.1-69.30 District system within unified court system
The district court system shall be within the unified court system of the Commonwealth subordinate to the Supreme Court and subject to the administrative supervision ...
16.1-69.31 The duties of the Judicial Council
The duties of the Judicial Council with respect to the district court system shall include those set forth in §§ 16.1-69.6 through 16.1-69.13, and such ...
16.1-69.32 Rules
The Supreme Court may formulate rules of practice and procedure for the general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts following consultation with ...
16.1-69.32:1 Substitution of counsel
Except in case of court-appointed counsel, no rule of court shall be made or construed so as to preclude substitution of counsel in civil and ...
16.1-69.33 Committee on District Courts
There is hereby established a Committee on District Courts to be composed of the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of ...
16.1-69.34 Description unavailable
Reserved. ...
16.1-69.35 Administrative duties of chief district judge
The chief judge of each district shall have the following administrative duties and authority with respect to his district: 1. When any district court judge ...
16.1-69.35:1 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1974, c. 508.) ...
16.1-69.35:2 Tape recording of proceedings in district courts
Proceedings in a general district court may be tape recorded by a party or his counsel. (1985, c. 378.) ...
16.1-69.36 Where process returnable and trials held in certain cases
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 ...
16.1-69.37 Personnel continued in office
The clerks, deputy clerks, referees, bailiffs and other officers and employees of county, municipal and juvenile and domestic relations courts shall continue in office in ...
16.1-69.38 Authorization for substitute judges and personnel
The Committee on District Courts established in § 16.1-69.33 shall, subject to the provision of § 16.1-69.37, establish guidelines and determine the necessity for the ...
16.1-69.39 Appointment of personnel
All personnel shall be appointed by, serve at the pleasure of, and be subject to removal by the chief judge of the district court in ...
16.1-69.39:1 Legal service to district court employees and magistrates
All legal services for personnel of the district courts or magistrates in civil matters, including civil litigation, arising out of the performance of their duties, ...
16.1-69.40 Powers and duties of clerks; civil liability
The clerk and deputy clerks shall be conservators of the peace within the territory for which the court has jurisdiction, and may, within such judicial ...
16.1-69.40:1 Traffic infractions within authority of traffic violations clerk; schedule of fines; prepayment of ...
A. The Supreme Court shall by rule, which may from time to time be amended, supplemented or repealed, but which shall be uniform in its ...
16.1-69.40:2 Nontraffic offenses for which prepayment authorized; schedules, fines; prepayment of local ordinanc...
A. The Supreme Court shall by rule, which may from time to time be amended, supplemented or repealed, but which shall be uniform in its ...
16.1-69.40:3 Financial responsibilities of judges and clerks
The judge of each district court shall have management responsibility over the collection and distribution of all funds received by such court; provided, however, that ...
16.1-69.41 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 3. ...
16.1-69.42 Clerk when authorized by judge may execute appeal bonds; may make out and attest transcript...
The clerk of a district court may, when authorized so to do by the judge of the court he serves, execute appeal bonds in appeals ...
16.1-69.43 Judge before whom accused was arraigned may hear case on merits; judge who has heard part of case m...
No rule shall hereafter be promulgated under the limitations of § 8.01-4 or otherwise, which would avoid or preclude the judge before whom an accused ...
16.1-69.44 Salaries of judges
Each district court judge shall be paid by the Commonwealth an annual salary which shall be fixed in the general appropriation acts and set at ...
16.1-69.45 Salaries of clerks and personnel
The Committee on District Courts shall fix the salaries for the clerks and personnel of the district courts. No supplements may be paid to full-time ...
16.1-69.46 How salaries payable
All salaries determined according to the provisions of §§ 16.1-69.44 and 16.1-69.45 and any salary payment required by § 16.1-69.13 or 16.1-69.37 shall be payable ...
16.1-69.47 Description unavailable
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 the courthouse in the city or county in which he resides on court business shall ...
16.1-69.48 Fees and fines
A. All fees collected by the judge, substitute judge, clerk or employees, but not including fees belonging to officers other than the judge, clerk or ...
16.1-69.48:1 Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional ...
A. Assessment of the fees provided for in this section shall be based on: (i) an appearance for court hearing in which there has been ...
16.1-69.48:1.01 Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses
Beginning May 1, 2003, the clerk shall assess a person, in addition to the fees provided for by § 16.1-69.48:1, a fee of $100 upon ...
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 or clerks of general district courts or magistrates in the event any such services are ...
16.1-69.48:3 Fees charged to drug offenders
Whenever in a general district court the costs provided for in subsection C of § 16.1-69.48:1 are assessed for a violation of any provision of ...
16.1-69.48:4 Costs generally
The provisions of Chapter 6 (§ 17.1-600 et seq.) of Title 17.1 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the laws of costs in the district courts. ...
16.1-69.48:5 Fees for services of juvenile and domestic relations district court judges and clerks in certain ci...
Except as otherwise provided, upon the initial commencement of any case in the juvenile and domestic relations district court pursuant to subdivision A 3 of ...
16.1-69.49 Description unavailable
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 juvenile and domestic relations district court shall provide suitable quarters for such court and its ...
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 supplies necessary for the efficient operation of all district courts. Notwithstanding any other provision of ...
16.1-69.51:1 Display of flags in courtrooms
There shall be displayed inside each courtroom of all district courts in the cities and counties of the Commonwealth the flag of the United States ...
16.1-69.52 Description unavailable
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 the following meanings: "Court records" shall include case records, financial records and administrative records as ...
16.1-69.54 General provisions
Each district court shall retain and store its court records as provided in this article. The Committee on District Courts, after consultation with the Executive ...
16.1-69.55 Retention of case records; limitations on enforcement of judgments; extensions
A. Criminal and traffic infraction proceedings: 1. In misdemeanor and traffic infraction cases, except misdemeanor cases under § 16.1-253.2 or 18.2-57.2, all documents shall be ...
16.1-69.56 Retention of financial and administrative records
Appropriate retention periods for the financial and administrative records of the district courts and magistrates shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court of Virginia. In ...
16.1-69.57 Destruction of court records
The clerk of each district court shall destroy the court records upon expiration of the appropriate retention period as set forth in §§ 16.1-69.55 and ...
16.1-69.58 Processing, retention and reproduction of court records; retention and destruction of records in wh...
The Committee on District Courts, after consultation with the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, shall determine the methods for processing, retention and reproduction of ...

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