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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1956, chapter 555; in 1972, chapter 708; in 1973, chapter 546; in 1974, chapter 641; in 1977, chapter 559; in 1979, chapter 700; in 2001, chapter 853<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83879,"section_number":"16.1-239","catch_line":"Payment of traveling expenses of court officers; reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-239\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":161445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64296,"identifier":"16.1-234","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-234","url":"\/16.1-234\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-234\/","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-234","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of Department; provision of quarters, utilities, and office equipment to court service unit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-234","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> shall cause the Department<\/span> to study the conditions existing in the several cities and counties, to confer with the judges<\/span> of the juvenile and domestic relations district courts, the directors<\/span> and boards of social services, and other appropriate officials, as the case may be, and to plan, establish and operate unless otherwise provided an adequate and coordinated program of probation<\/span>, parole<\/span> and related services to all juvenile and domestic relations district courts in counties or cities heretofore served by regional juvenile and domestic relations courts<\/span>, and where specialized probation<\/span>, parole<\/span> and related court<\/span> services were not provided as of July 1, 1973, and to counties and cities that request a development of a court<\/span> service unit with the approval of the governing bodies after consultation with the chief juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> judge<\/span>.\n\t\tIn each county and city in which there is located an office for a state juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> service unit such jurisdiction<\/span> shall provide suitable quarters and utilities, including telephone service, for such court<\/span> service unit staff. Such county or city shall also provide all necessary furniture and furnishings for the efficient operation of the unit. When such court<\/span> service unit serves counties or cities in addition to the county or city where the office is located, the jurisdiction<\/span> or jurisdictions<\/span> so served shall share proportionately, based on the population of the jurisdictions<\/span>, in the cost of the quarters and utilities, including telephone service and necessary furniture and furnishings. All other office equipment and supplies, including postage, shall be furnished by the Commonwealth and shall be paid out of the appropriation for criminal charges.\n\t\tIn counties and cities that provided specialized court<\/span> service programs prior to July 1, 1973, which do not request the development of a state-operated court<\/span> service unit, it shall be the duty of the Department<\/span> to insure that minimum standards established by the State Board<\/span> are adhered to, to confer with the judges<\/span> of the juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> and other appropriate officials as the case may be, and to assist in the continued development and extension of an adequate and coordinated program of court<\/span> services, probation<\/span>, parole<\/span> and detention facilities and other specialized services and facilities to such juvenile and domestic relations district courts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF DEPARTMENT; PROVISION OF QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT TO\nCOURT SERVICE UNIT (\u00a7 16.1-234)\n\nThe Director shall cause the Department to study the conditions existing in the\nseveral cities and counties, to confer with the judges of the juvenile and\ndomestic relations district courts, the directors and boards of social services,\nand other appropriate officials, as the case may be, and to plan, establish and\noperate unless otherwise provided an adequate and coordinated program of\nprobation, parole and related services to all juvenile and domestic relations\ndistrict courts in counties or cities heretofore served by regional juvenile and\ndomestic relations courts, and where specialized probation, parole and related\ncourt services were not provided as of July 1, 1973, and to counties and cities\nthat request a development of a court service unit with the approval of the\ngoverning bodies after consultation with the chief juvenile and domestic\nrelations district court judge.\n\t\tIn each county and city in which there is located an office for a state\njuvenile and domestic relations district court service unit such jurisdiction\nshall provide suitable quarters and utilities, including telephone service, for\nsuch court service unit staff. Such county or city shall also provide all\nnecessary furniture and furnishings for the efficient operation of the unit.\nWhen such court service unit serves counties or cities in addition to the county\nor city where the office is located, the jurisdiction or jurisdictions so served\nshall share proportionately, based on the population of the jurisdictions, in\nthe cost of the quarters and utilities, including telephone service and\nnecessary furniture and furnishings. All other office equipment and supplies,\nincluding postage, shall be furnished by the Commonwealth and shall be paid out\nof the appropriation for criminal charges.\n\t\tIn counties and cities that provided specialized court service programs prior\nto July 1, 1973, which do not request the development of a state-operated court\nservice unit, it shall be the duty of the Department to insure that minimum\nstandards established by the State Board are adhered to, to confer with the\njudges of the juvenile and domestic relations district court and other\nappropriate officials as the case may be, and to assist in the continued\ndevelopment and extension of an adequate and coordinated program of court\nservices, probation, parole and detention facilities and other specialized\nservices and facilities to such juvenile and domestic relations district courts.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 16.1-204; 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974,\nc. 641; 1977, c. 559; 1979, c. 700; 2001, c. 853.","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}}