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In any civil action in which a judge fails to report as required by this section or fails to render a decision within the expected time stated in the report, any party or their counsel may notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or any justice designated by him, has reasonable cause to believe that any judge of a court of record may be holding any matter, claim, motion, issue, or case under advisement for an unreasonable length of time, he shall inquire into the cause of such delay, and if he finds it necessary in order to expedite the administration of justice, he shall designate a judge or retired judge of a court of record to assist the regular judge in the performance of his duties.B\n\nComplaints made hereunder shall be absolutely privileged and the name of the complainant shall not be disclosed without his consent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241692,"text":"In any civil action, a judge of a circuit court who fails to act on any matter, claim, motion, or issue that has been submitted to the court for a decision or render a final decision in the action shall report, in writing, to the parties or their counsel on any such matter, claim, motion, issue, or action held under advisement for more than 60 days after such submission stating an expected time of a decision. In any civil action in which a judge fails to report as required by this section or fails to render a decision within the expected time stated in the report, any party or their counsel may notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 285 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 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 544; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 813<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 62<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66613,"identifier":"17.1-107","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-107","url":"\/17.1-107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-107\/","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of judge to assist regular judge holding case under advisement for unreasonable length of time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In any civil action<\/span>, a judge<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> who fails to act on any matter, claim, motion<\/span>, or issue<\/span> that has been submitted to the court<\/span> for a decision or render a final decision in the action shall report, in writing, to the parties or their counsel<\/span> on any such matter, claim, motion<\/span>, issue<\/span>, or action held under advisement for more than 60 days after such submission stating an expected time of a decision. In any civil action<\/span> in which a judge<\/span> fails to report as required by this section or fails to render a decision within the expected time stated in the report, any party<\/span> or their counsel<\/span> may notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span>. Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span>, or any justice designated by him, has reasonable cause to believe that any judge<\/span> of a court<\/span> of record may be holding any matter, claim, motion<\/span>, issue<\/span>, or case under advisement for an unreasonable length of time, he shall inquire into the cause of such delay, and if he finds it necessary in order<\/span> to expedite the administration of justice, he shall designate a judge<\/span> or retired judge<\/span> of a court<\/span> of record to assist the regular judge<\/span> in the performance of his duties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Complaints made hereunder shall be absolutely privileged and the name of the complainant shall not be disclosed without his consent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF JUDGE TO ASSIST REGULAR JUDGE HOLDING CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR\nUNREASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME (\u00a7 17.1-107)\n\nA. In any civil action, a judge of a circuit court who fails to act on any\nmatter, claim, motion, or issue that has been submitted to the court for a\ndecision or render a final decision in the action shall report, in writing, to\nthe parties or their counsel on any such matter, claim, motion, issue, or action\nheld under advisement for more than 60 days after such submission stating an\nexpected time of a decision. In any civil action in which a judge fails to\nreport as required by this section or fails to render a decision within the\nexpected time stated in the report, any party or their counsel may notify the\nChief Justice of the Supreme Court. Whenever the Chief Justice of the Supreme\nCourt, or any justice designated by him, has reasonable cause to believe that\nany judge of a court of record may be holding any matter, claim, motion, issue,\nor case under advisement for an unreasonable length of time, he shall inquire\ninto the cause of such delay, and if he finds it necessary in order to expedite\nthe administration of justice, he shall designate a judge or retired judge of a\ncourt of record to assist the regular judge in the performance of his duties.\n\nB. Complaints made hereunder shall be absolutely privileged and the name of the\ncomplainant shall not be disclosed without his consent.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 285, \u00a7 17-7.1; 1973, c. 544; 1998, c. 872; 2008, c. 813;\n2014, c. 62.","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}}