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For purposes of this chapter, the term “personnel,” as related to the courts, shall not include probation officers and other social service officers of a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall obtain pertinent personnel policies of local units of government as to personnel of courts not of record who become employees of district courts pursuant to this chapter, and he shall assist the Committee in the performance of its duties. 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For purposes of this chapter, the term “personnel,” as related to the courts, shall not include probation officers and other social service officers of a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall obtain pertinent personnel policies of local units of government as to personnel of courts not of record who become employees of district courts pursuant to this chapter, and he shall assist the Committee in the performance of its duties. 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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 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 1973, chapter 546.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74609,"section_number":"15.2-1635.1","catch_line":"Maximum total compensation for clerk of the court in certain counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1635.1\/"},{"id":74349,"section_number":"16.1-69.35","catch_line":"Administrative duties of chief district judge","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.35\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78281,"section_number":"16.1-69.33","catch_line":"Committee on District Courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.33\/"},{"id":62755,"section_number":"16.1-69.37","catch_line":"Personnel continued in office","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.37\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79551,"identifier":"16.1-69.38","token":"16.1\/4.1\/4\/16.1-69.38","url":"\/16.1-69.38\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.38\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/4\/16.1-69.38","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authorization for substitute judges and personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.38","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Committee on District Courts<\/span> established in \u00a7 16.1-69.33<\/a> shall, subject to the provision of \u00a7 16.1-69.37<\/a>, establish guidelines and determine the necessity for the employment of substitute judges<\/span>, clerks, deputy clerks and all other personnel of the district courts<\/span> and authorize the employment of such personnel by the courts<\/span>. For purposes of this chapter, the term “personnel,” as related to the courts<\/span>, shall not include probation officers<\/span> and other social service officers of a juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span>. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> shall obtain pertinent personnel policies of local units of government as to personnel of courts<\/span> not of record who become employees of district courts<\/span> pursuant to this chapter, and he shall assist the Committee in the performance of its duties. The Committee may receive the advice and recommendations of the Executive Secretary with respect to authorization of personnel for the district courts<\/span>, job classifications, salary scales, vacation and sick leave and related personnel matters.\n\t\tThe Committee may authorize the appointment of any personnel to serve one or more district courts<\/span> within any district and in addition may authorize the clerk and deputy clerks of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of a political subdivision to serve as clerk and deputy clerks of one or more district courts<\/span> within the political subdivision.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORIZATION FOR SUBSTITUTE JUDGES AND PERSONNEL (\u00a7 16.1-69.38)\n\nThe Committee on District Courts established in \u00a7 16.1-69.33 shall, subject to\nthe provision of \u00a7 16.1-69.37, establish guidelines and determine the necessity\nfor the employment of substitute judges, clerks, deputy clerks and all other\npersonnel of the district courts and authorize the employment of such personnel\nby the courts. For purposes of this chapter, the term “personnel,”\nas related to the courts, shall not include probation officers and other social\nservice officers of a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The\nExecutive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall obtain pertinent personnel\npolicies of local units of government as to personnel of courts not of record\nwho become employees of district courts pursuant to this chapter, and he shall\nassist the Committee in the performance of its duties. The Committee may receive\nthe advice and recommendations of the Executive Secretary with respect to\nauthorization of personnel for the district courts, job classifications, salary\nscales, vacation and sick leave and related personnel matters.\n\t\tThe Committee may authorize the appointment of any personnel to serve one or\nmore district courts within any district and in addition may authorize the clerk\nand deputy clerks of the circuit court of a political subdivision to serve as\nclerk and deputy clerks of one or more district courts within the political\nsubdivision.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.","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}}