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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 614 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0342\">342<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0181\">181<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81723,"identifier":"8.01-581.014","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.014","url":"\/8.01-581.014\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.014\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.014","dublin_core":{"Title":"Court; jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The term &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>&#8221; means a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> or general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the Commonwealth having <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over the subject matter of the controversy.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURT; JURISDICTION (\u00a7 8.01-581.014)\n\nThe term &#8220;court&#8221; means a circuit court or general district court of\nthe Commonwealth having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 614; 1995, c. 342; 2016, c. 181.","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}}