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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1984, chapter 585; in 1985, chapter 253.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59242,"section_number":"17.1-105","catch_line":"Designation of judges to hold courts and assist other judges","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-105\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60198,"identifier":"19.2-153","token":"19.2\/10\/1\/19.2-153","url":"\/19.2-153\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-153\/","token":"19.2\/10\/1\/19.2-153","dublin_core":{"Title":"When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to try the case","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-153","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the judge<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in which a prosecution<\/span> is pending is connected with the accused<\/span> or party<\/span> injured, or is so situated in respect to the case as in his opinion<\/span> to render it improper that he should preside at the trial<\/span>, or if he has rejected a plea<\/span> bargain agreement submitted by both parties and the parties do not agree that he may hear the case, he shall enter the fact<\/span> of record and the clerk of the court<\/span> shall at once certify this fact<\/span> to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span> and thereupon another judge<\/span> shall be appointed, in the manner prescribed by \u00a7 17.1-105<\/a>, to preside at the trial<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN JUDGE CANNOT SIT ON TRIAL; HOW ANOTHER JUDGE PROCURED TO TRY THE CASE (\u00a7\n19.2-153)\n\nWhen the judge of a circuit court in which a prosecution is pending is connected\nwith the accused or party injured, or is so situated in respect to the case as\nin his opinion to render it improper that he should preside at the trial, or if\nhe has rejected a plea bargain agreement submitted by both parties and the\nparties do not agree that he may hear the case, he shall enter the fact of\nrecord and the clerk of the court shall at once certify this fact to the Chief\nJustice of the Supreme Court and thereupon another judge shall be appointed, in\nthe manner prescribed by \u00a7 17.1-105, to preside at the trial.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-7; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1984, c. 585; 1985,\nc. 253.","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}}