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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 398 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85081,"section_number":"15.2-3000","catch_line":"Special court to hear certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3000\/"},{"id":74072,"section_number":"15.2-3002","catch_line":"Designation of judges for panel","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3002\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77270,"identifier":"15.2-3001","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3001","url":"\/15.2-3001\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3001\/","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3001","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority of proceedings in special courts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3001","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any proceeding heard by a special court<\/span> appointed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-3000<\/a> and 15.2-3002<\/a> shall have priority over all other cases, including criminal cases, on the docket<\/span> of the court<\/span> in which such proceeding is pending or on the docket<\/span> of each judge<\/span> designated to hear the case.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY OF PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL COURTS (\u00a7 15.2-3001)\n\nAny proceeding heard by a special court appointed pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-3000 and\n15.2-3002 shall have priority over all other cases, including criminal cases, on\nthe docket of the court in which such proceeding is pending or on the docket of\neach judge designated to hear the case.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 398, \u00a7 15.1-1168.1; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}