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The interpreter shall be compensated as provided for in § 37.2-804.B\n\nIn any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806 or §§ 37.2-809 through 37.2-820 in which a non-English-speaking person is alleged to have intellectual disability or mental illness or is a witness in such proceeding, an interpreter for the person shall be appointed by the district court judge or special justice, or in the case of §§ 37.2-809 through 37.2-813 a magistrate, before whom the proceeding is pending. Failure to appoint an interpreter when an interpreter is not reasonably available or when the person’s level of English fluency cannot be determined shall not be a basis to dismiss the petition or void the order entered at the proceeding. 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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 671 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 1976 \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 1979, chapter 204; in 2004, chapter 243<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a> and 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86844,"section_number":"37.2-804","catch_line":"Fees and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-804\/"},{"id":75804,"section_number":"37.2-821","catch_line":"Appeal of involuntary admission or certification order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-821\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56013,"section_number":"37.2-806","catch_line":"Judicial certification of eligibility for admission of persons with intellectual disability","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-806\/"},{"id":70156,"section_number":"37.2-809","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-809\/"},{"id":69246,"section_number":"37.2-813","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Release of person prior to commitment hearing for involuntary admission","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-813\/"},{"id":78780,"section_number":"37.2-820","catch_line":"Place of hearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-820\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66636,"identifier":"37.2-802","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/1\/37.2-802","url":"\/37.2-802\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-802\/","token":"37.2\/III\/8\/1\/37.2-802","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interpreters in admission or certification proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-802","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806<\/a> or §§ 37.2-809<\/a> through 37.2-820<\/a> in which a person who is deaf is alleged to have intellectual disability<\/span> or mental illness<\/span>, an interpreter for the person shall be appointed by the district court<\/span> judge<\/span> or special justice<\/span> before whom the proceeding is pending from a list of qualified interpreters provided by the Department<\/span> for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing<\/span>. The interpreter shall be compensated as provided for in § 37.2-804<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806<\/a> or §§ 37.2-809<\/a> through 37.2-820<\/a> in which a non-English-speaking person is alleged to have intellectual disability<\/span> or mental illness<\/span> or is a witness<\/span> in such proceeding, an interpreter for the person shall be appointed by the district court<\/span> judge<\/span> or special justice<\/span>, or in the case of §§ 37.2-809<\/a> through 37.2-813<\/a> a magistrate<\/span>, before whom the proceeding is pending. Failure to appoint an interpreter when an interpreter is not reasonably available or when the person’s level of English fluency cannot be determined shall not be a basis to dismiss the petition<\/span> or void the order<\/span> entered at the proceeding. The compensation for the interpreter shall be fixed by the court<\/span> in accordance with the guidelines set by the Judicial Council of Virginia and shall be paid out of the state<\/span> treasury. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERPRETERS IN ADMISSION OR CERTIFICATION PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 37.2-802)\n\nA. In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806 or §§ 37.2-809\nthrough 37.2-820 in which a person who is deaf is alleged to have intellectual\ndisability or mental illness, an interpreter for the person shall be appointed\nby the district court judge or special justice before whom the proceeding is\npending from a list of qualified interpreters provided by the Department for the\nDeaf and Hard-of-Hearing. The interpreter shall be compensated as provided for\nin § 37.2-804.\n\nB. In any proceeding pursuant to § 37.2-806 or §§ 37.2-809\nthrough 37.2-820 in which a non-English-speaking person is alleged to have\nintellectual disability or mental illness or is a witness in such proceeding, an\ninterpreter for the person shall be appointed by the district court judge or\nspecial justice, or in the case of §§ 37.2-809 through 37.2-813 a\nmagistrate, before whom the proceeding is pending. Failure to appoint an\ninterpreter when an interpreter is not reasonably available or when the\nperson’s level of English fluency cannot be determined shall not be a\nbasis to dismiss the petition or void the order entered at the proceeding. The\ncompensation for the interpreter shall be fixed by the court in accordance with\nthe guidelines set by the Judicial Council of Virginia and shall be paid out of\nthe state treasury.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 671, \u00a7 37.1-67.5; 1979, c. 204; 2004, c. 243, \u00a7\n37.1-67.5:01; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.","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}}