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Such application shall be heard by the judge who presided at the trial in which the conviction was had, but if he be not in office, or be absent from the county or city or is otherwise unavailable to hear the application, it may be heard by his successor or by any other judge or substitute judge of such court. If the case is reopened after the case documents have been filed with the circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall return the case documents to the district court in which the case was originally tried.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207425,"text":"Within sixty days from the date of conviction of any person in a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court for an offense not felonious, the case may be reopened upon the application of such person and for good cause shown. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 440 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 1973 \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 1975, chapter 298; in 1983, chapter 21.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85805,"section_number":"16.1-123.1","catch_line":"Criminal and traffic jurisdiction of general district courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-123.1\/"},{"id":71312,"section_number":"16.1-241","catch_line":"Jurisdiction; consent for abortion","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-241\/"},{"id":69430,"section_number":"17.1-513","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of circuit courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-513\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56683,"identifier":"16.1-133.1","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-133.1","url":"\/16.1-133.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-133.1\/","token":"16.1\/7\/2\/16.1-133.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reopening case after conviction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-133.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within sixty days from the date of conviction<\/span> of any person in a general district court<\/span> or juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> for an offense<\/span> not felonious, the case may be reopened upon the application of such person and for good cause shown. Such application shall be heard by the judge<\/span> who presided at the trial<\/span> in which the conviction<\/span> was had, but if he be not in office, or be absent from the county or city or is otherwise unavailable to hear the application, it may be heard by his successor or by any other judge<\/span> or substitute judge<\/span> of such court<\/span>. If the case is reopened after the case documents have been filed with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall return the case documents to the district court<\/span> in which the case was originally tried.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREOPENING CASE AFTER CONVICTION (\u00a7 16.1-133.1)\n\nWithin sixty days from the date of conviction of any person in a general\ndistrict court or juvenile and domestic relations district court for an offense\nnot felonious, the case may be reopened upon the application of such person and\nfor good cause shown. Such application shall be heard by the judge who presided\nat the trial in which the conviction was had, but if he be not in office, or be\nabsent from the county or city or is otherwise unavailable to hear the\napplication, it may be heard by his successor or by any other judge or\nsubstitute judge of such court. If the case is reopened after the case documents\nhave been filed with the circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall\nreturn the case documents to the district court in which the case was originally\ntried.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 440; 1975, c. 298; 1983, c. 21.","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}}