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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1983 \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 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 35<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 218<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163679,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58691,"identifier":"17.1-415","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-415","url":"\/17.1-415\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-415\/","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-415","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation for judges; expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-415","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The judges<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall receive from the Commonwealth an annual salary that shall be fixed in the general appropriations act and set at an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the annual salary fixed by law<\/span> for justices of the Supreme Court<\/span>. The Chief Judge<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall receive $3,000 per year in addition to the amount received by the other judges<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span>. Each judge shall receive such amount as shall be fixed in the general appropriations act for all other expenses not otherwise reimbursed and incurred incident to the conduct of the business of the court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION FOR JUDGES; EXPENSES (\u00a7 17.1-415)\n\nThe judges of the Court of Appeals shall receive from the Commonwealth an annual\nsalary that shall be fixed in the general appropriations act and set at an\namount equal to ninety-five percent of the annual salary fixed by law for\njustices of the Supreme Court. The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall\nreceive $3,000 per year in addition to the amount received by the other judges\nof the Court of Appeals. Each judge shall receive such amount as shall be fixed\nin the general appropriations act for all other expenses not otherwise\nreimbursed and incurred incident to the conduct of the business of the court.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 413, \u00a7 17-116.012; 1998, c. 872; 2001, c. 35; 2006, c. 218.","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}}