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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 708 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1973, chapter 546; in 1975, chapter 334; in 1976, chapter 306.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62109,"section_number":"16.1-262","catch_line":"Form and content of petition","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-262\/"},{"id":74349,"section_number":"16.1-69.35","catch_line":"Administrative duties of chief district judge","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.35\/"},{"id":58043,"section_number":"8.01-3","catch_line":"Supreme Court may prescribe rules; effective date and availability; indexed, and annotated; effect of subsequent enactments of General Assembly","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58043,"section_number":"8.01-3","catch_line":"Supreme Court may prescribe rules; effective date and availability; indexed, and annotated; effect of subsequent enactments of General Assembly","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78384,"identifier":"16.1-69.32","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.32","url":"\/16.1-69.32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.32\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.32","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.32","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Supreme Court<\/span> may formulate rules of practice and procedure for the general district courts<\/span> and juvenile and domestic relations district courts<\/span> following consultation with the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts<\/span> of Justice and the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts<\/span>. Such rules, subject to the strict construction of the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-3<\/a>, which shall be the only rules of practice and procedure in all the district courts<\/span> in the Commonwealth, shall be included in the Code of Virginia as provided in \u00a7 8.01-3<\/a>, subject to revision by the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES (\u00a7 16.1-69.32)\n\nThe Supreme Court may formulate rules of practice and procedure for the general\ndistrict courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts following\nconsultation with the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of\nJustice and the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of Virginia for\nDistrict Courts. Such rules, subject to the strict construction of the\nprovisions of \u00a7 8.01-3, which shall be the only rules of practice and procedure\nin all the district courts in the Commonwealth, shall be included in the Code of\nVirginia as provided in \u00a7 8.01-3, subject to revision by the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1975, c. 334; 1976, c. 306.","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}}