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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 799 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0704\">704<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0141\">141<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77039,"section_number":"59.1-515","catch_line":"Individual action for damages","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-515\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61478,"identifier":"16.1-122.2","token":"16.1\/6\/5\/16.1-122.2","url":"\/16.1-122.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-122.2\/","token":"16.1\/6\/5\/16.1-122.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-122.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, the small claims <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall have <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, concurrent with that of the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, over the <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> specified in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim\" href=\"\/16.1-77\/\">16.1-77<\/a> (1) when the amount claimed does not exceed $5,000, exclusive of interest.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION (\u00a7 16.1-122.2)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the small claims court\nshall have jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the general district court,\nover the civil action specified in \u00a7 16.1-77 (1) when the amount claimed does\nnot exceed $5,000, exclusive of interest.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 799; 2002, c. 704; 2006, c. 141.","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}}