Virginia Statutes
§ 17.1-301 — Presiding justice when Chief Justice absent
Virginia § 17.1-301
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 17.1COURTS OF RECORD
Ch. 3SUPREME COURT
Art. 1COMPOSITION, JURISDICTION, ETC
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-301 (2026).
Text
In the absence of the Chief Justice, the justice longest in continuous service present shall be the presiding justice. If two or more justices have served for the same period, the justice senior in years of these present shall be the presiding justice.
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Legislative History
Code 1919, § 5863, § 17-95; 1938, p. 134; 1998, c. 872.
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