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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 672<\/a> and 862<\/a> 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. 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 2001, chapters 309<\/a>, 318<\/a>, and 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164103,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66181,"identifier":"17.1-911","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-911","url":"\/17.1-911\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-911\/","token":"17.1\/9\/17.1-911","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suspension of judge","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-911","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In any pending investigation or formal hearing<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> may suspend a judge<\/span> with pay if it finds that there is probable cause<\/span> to believe that the continued performance of judicial duties by the judge<\/span> constitutes both a substantial and immediate threat to the public interest in the administration of justice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall give the judge<\/span> reasonable notice of such suspension as prescribed by the rules of the Commission<\/span> and, if requested by the judge<\/span> or his attorney, shall schedule a hearing<\/span> during the first fifteen days of the suspension in order<\/span> to determine whether justice would be served for the suspension to continue until the completion of the investigation or formal hearing<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any judge<\/span> whose powers are suspended by the Commission<\/span> shall not exercise judicial powers during such suspension, but shall continue to be bound by the Canons of Judicial Conduct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUSPENSION OF JUDGE (\u00a7 17.1-911)\n\nA. In any pending investigation or formal hearing, the Commission may suspend a\njudge with pay if it finds that there is probable cause to believe that the\ncontinued performance of judicial duties by the judge constitutes both a\nsubstantial and immediate threat to the public interest in the administration of\njustice.\n\nB. The Commission shall give the judge reasonable notice of such suspension as\nprescribed by the rules of the Commission and, if requested by the judge or his\nattorney, shall schedule a hearing during the first fifteen days of the\nsuspension in order to determine whether justice would be served for the\nsuspension to continue until the completion of the investigation or formal\nhearing.\n\nC. Any judge whose powers are suspended by the Commission shall not exercise\njudicial powers during such suspension, but shall continue to be bound by the\nCanons of Judicial Conduct.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 672, 862, \u00a7 2.1-37.12:1; 2001, cc. 309, 318, 844.","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}}