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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 94 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 1977 \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 1980, chapter 197.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80949,"identifier":"16.1-69.39:1","token":"16.1\/4.1\/4\/16.1-69.39_1","url":"\/16.1-69.39_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.39_1\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/4\/16.1-69.39_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Legal service to district court employees and magistrates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.39:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All legal services for personnel of the district <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">magistrates<\/span> in civil matters, including civil <span class=\"dictionary\">litigation<\/span>, arising out of the performance of their duties, shall be provided by the office of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span>. If, in the <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span>, it is impractical or uneconomical for such service to be rendered by his office, the Committee on District <span class=\"dictionary\">Courts<\/span> may employ special <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> for such purpose, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Committee. The compensation for such special <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> shall be paid out of the funds appropriated for the administration of the district <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEGAL SERVICE TO DISTRICT COURT EMPLOYEES AND MAGISTRATES (\u00a7 16.1-69.39:1)\n\nAll legal services for personnel of the district courts or magistrates in civil\nmatters, including civil litigation, arising out of the performance of their\nduties, shall be provided by the office of the Attorney General. If, in the\nopinion of the Attorney General, it is impractical or uneconomical for such\nservice to be rendered by his office, the Committee on District Courts may\nemploy special counsel for such purpose, whose compensation shall be fixed by\nthe Committee. The compensation for such special counsel shall be paid out of\nthe funds appropriated for the administration of the district courts.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 94; 1980, c. 197.","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}}