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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 9 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 1974, chapter 612; in 1976, chapters 374, 459, and 667; in 1979, chapter 445; in 1980, chapter 536; in 1984, chapter 570; in 1993, chapter 327; in 1999, chapter 730<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 249<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78281,"section_number":"16.1-69.33","catch_line":"Committee on District Courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.33\/"},{"id":77166,"section_number":"16.1-69.46","catch_line":"How salaries payable","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.46\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86844,"section_number":"37.2-804","catch_line":"Fees and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-804\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162257,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68748,"identifier":"16.1-69.44","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.44","url":"\/16.1-69.44\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.44\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.44","dublin_core":{"Title":"Salaries of judges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.44","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each district court<\/span> judge<\/span> shall be paid by the Commonwealth an annual salary that shall be fixed in the general appropriation acts and set at an amount equal to 90 percent of the annual salary fixed by state law<\/span> for judges<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> courts<\/span>.\n\t\tEach substitute judge<\/span> of a district court<\/span> shall receive for his services a per diem compensation of $350, except when such judge<\/span> sits pursuant to the provisions of Title 37.2, in which case compensation shall be limited to that provided in \u00a7 37.2-804<\/a>. The judge<\/span> replaced may certify that the substitute judge<\/span> is entitled to $175 if the substitute judge<\/span> acted in his official capacity for less than a full court<\/span> docket<\/span> or served less than four hours. A full-time judge<\/span> elected to an initial term after January 1, 1974, shall also be prohibited from engaging in the practice of law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALARIES OF JUDGES (\u00a7 16.1-69.44)\n\nEach district court judge shall be paid by the Commonwealth an annual salary\nthat shall be fixed in the general appropriation acts and set at an amount equal\nto 90 percent of the annual salary fixed by state law for judges of the circuit\ncourts.\n\t\tEach substitute judge of a district court shall receive for his services a per\ndiem compensation of $350, except when such judge sits pursuant to the\nprovisions of Title 37.2, in which case compensation shall be limited to that\nprovided in \u00a7 37.2-804. The judge replaced may certify that the substitute\njudge is entitled to $175 if the substitute judge acted in his official capacity\nfor less than a full court docket or served less than four hours. A full-time\njudge elected to an initial term after January 1, 1974, shall also be prohibited\nfrom engaging in the practice of law.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974, c. 612; 1976, cc. 374, 459, 667;\n1979, c. 445; 1980, c. 536; 1984, c. 570; 1993, c. 327; 1999, c. 730; 2025, c.\n249.","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}}