Code of Virginia - Title 17.1 Courts Of Record - Chapter 5 Circuit Courts

17.1-500 Establishment of circuit courts
For the City of Williamsburg and James City County, and every other county in the Commonwealth, and the Cities of Alexandria, Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, ...

17.1-501 Judges of circuit courts; selection, powers and duties of chief judges; exercise of appointive powe...
A. There shall be as many judges of the circuit courts as may be fixed by the General Assembly. The judges of each circuit shall ...

17.1-502 Administrator of circuit court system
The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall be the administrator of the circuit court system. He shall assist the chief judges in the performance ...

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 procedure for the circuit courts following consultation with the chairmen of the House and Senate ...

17.1-504 Description unavailable
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 any city which has undergone transition from a city of the second class to a ...

17.1-506 Judicial circuits
1. The City of Chesapeake shall constitute the first circuit. 2. The City of Virginia Beach and the Counties of Accomack and Northampton shall constitute ...

17.1-507 Number of judges; residence requirement; compensation; powers; etc
A. For the several judicial circuits there shall be judges, the number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective ...

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 judge has been judge of a circuit created under § 17.1-506 as amended, and the ...

17.1-509 Vacancies in office of judge
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of judge, a successor, who shall be a resident of the same circuit, shall be elected for a ...

17.1-510 Election of judge of new circuit; how court held meanwhile
If a new or additional circuit is created, a judge or judges shall be elected or appointed thereto in the same manner as provided by ...

17.1-511 Investigation and certification of necessity before vacancies filled
When a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of any court of record, the vacancy shall not be filled until, after investigation, the Supreme ...

17.1-512 Election of successor judge before date of vacancy
Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of a judge of a circuit while the General Assembly is in session, or whenever the ...

17.1-513 Jurisdiction of circuit courts
The circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of proceedings by quo warranto or information in the nature of quo warranto and to issue writs of mandamus, ...

17.1-513.01 Jurisdiction of circuit courts with respect to charitable assets
A. The circuit courts shall have the same subject matter jurisdiction over matters pertaining to assets of charitable corporations, incorporated in or doing any business ...

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 and neglect pursuant to § 63.2-1526, proceedings shall be confidential and the record in the ...

17.1-513.2 Use of telephonic communication systems or electronic video and audio communication systems to cond...
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any civil proceeding in which a party or a witness is incarcerated or when otherwise authorized by the ...

17.1-514 When plaintiff entitled to less than $100; judgment for defendant
In any personal action in a circuit court, wherein it is ascertained that less than $100, exclusive of interest, is due to the plaintiff, judgment ...

17.1-515 Jurisdiction formerly in county courts
The jurisdiction and powers which were vested in the county courts and the judges and officers thereof, respectively, on January 31, 1904, by the laws ...

17.1-516 Jurisdiction of courts 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 circuit courts for ...

17.1-517 Number of terms; how fixed
The chief judge of each circuit shall fix the terms of each of the courts within his circuit; provided, that there shall be at least ...

17.1-518 Special terms; when, how and by whom appointed
If any term of a circuit court is to end, or has ended, without the dispatch of all its business or if there be a ...

17.1-519 Adjournment thereof to a future day
Whenever any judge of a circuit court has appointed a special term of any circuit court, by adjournment or warrant in the manner directed by ...

17.1-520 What tried at a special term
At any such special term: 1. Any civil case may be tried which could lawfully have been but was not tried at the last preceding ...

17.1-521 Who to hold special term; powers
Every such special term may be held by the judge of the circuit court or, if he is dead or absent or is so situated ...

17.1-522 Adjournment of special term
A special term may be adjourned from time to time during intervals between the regular terms, as necessary, for the dispatch of the business of ...

17.1-523 Salaries of judges of circuit courts
The judges of the circuit courts shall each receive such salary as shall be fixed from time to time in the general appropriation acts. Such ...

17.1-524 Traveling expenses of circuit judges
In determining the reimbursement to which circuit judges are entitled under § 2.2-2823, judges who do not reside in the county seats of the counties ...