2010 Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - COURTS NOT OF RECORD.
Chapter 4.1 - District Courts (16.1-69.1 thru 16.1-69.58)
16.1-69.6:1 - Number of judges

§ 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 set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective districts, except as provided in § 16.1-69.16, and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges.

The number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:

                                                      Juvenile and Domestic
                           General District Court       Relations District
                                   Judges                  Court Judges
First                                 4                         3
Second                                7                         7
Two-A                                 1                         1
Third                                 3                         3
Fourth                                6                         5
Fifth                                 3                         2
Sixth                                 4                         2
Seventh                               4                         4
Eighth                                3                         3
Ninth                                 3                         3
Tenth                                 3                         3
Eleventh                              2                         2
Twelfth                               4                         5
Thirteenth                            8                         5
Fourteenth                            4                         5
Fifteenth                             6                         7
Sixteenth                             4                         4
Seventeenth                           4                         2
Eighteenth                            2                         2
Nineteenth                           11                         8
Twentieth                             4                         3
Twenty-first                          2                         2
Twenty-second                         2                         3
Twenty-third                          5                         4
Twenty-fourth                         4                         5
Twenty-fifth                          5                         4
The general district court judges of the twenty-fifth district shall render
assistance on a regular basis to the general district court judges of the
twenty-sixth district by appropriate designation.
Twenty-sixth                          4                         5
Twenty-seventh                        5                         4
Twenty-eighth                         2                         2
Twenty-ninth                          3                         2
Thirtieth                             2                         2
Thirty-first                          4                         5

The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of § 16.1-69.9:3.

(1974, c. 1; 1975, c. 41; 1976, c. 56; 1977, c. 5; 1978, c. 2; 1979, c. 7; 1980, c. 93; 1981, c. 26; 1982, c. 4; 1983, c. 1; 1985, c. 44; 1986, c. 75; 1987, c. 16; 1988, c. 22; 1989, c. 44; 1990, c. 112; 1992, c. 91; 1993, cc. 8, 31; 1994, c. 89; 1994, 1st Sp. Sess., cc. 3, 7; 1995, c. 20; 1996, c. 121; 1997, c. 16; 1998, c. 2; 1999, c. 11; 2000, c. 43; 2001, c. 16; 2004, Sp. Sess. I, c. 4; 2005, cc. 189, 228, 951; 2006, cc. 34, 488; 2006, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2.)