Virginia § 16.1-69.6:1 Number of judges

Virginia Statutes

§ 16.1-69.6:1 — Number of judges

Virginia § 16.1-69.6:1

Title 16.1Courts Not of Record

Ch. 4.1District Courts

Art. 2Districts; District Courts and Judges

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Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-69.6:1 (2026).

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For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the maximum 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 maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:General DistrictJuvenile and DomesticCourt JudgesRelations District Court JudgesFirst44Second77Two-A21Third23Fourth65Fifth32Sixth53Seventh44Eighth33Ninth44Tenth33Eleventh33Twelfth56Thirteenth65Fourteenth55Fifteenth89Sixteenth46Seventeenth32Eighteenth22N

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For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the maximum 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 maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:General DistrictJuvenile and DomesticCourt JudgesRelations District Court JudgesFirst44Second77Two-A21Third23Fourth65Fifth32Sixth53Seventh44Eighth33Ninth44Tenth33Eleventh33Twelfth56Thirteenth65Fourteenth55Fifteenth89Sixteenth46Seventeenth32Eighteenth22Nineteenth128Twentieth44Twenty-first22Twenty-second34Twenty-third45Twenty-fourth36Twenty-fifth45Twenty-sixth57Twenty-seventh55Twenty-eighth33Twenty-ninth23Thirtieth23Thirty-first66The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of § 16.1-69.9:3.

Legislative History

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; 2014, cc. 812, 822; 2016, c. 728; 2018, cc. 126, 135; 2020, cc. 343, 586; 2023, cc. 72, 73; 2024, cc. 525, 606; 2025, cc. 575, 582.