                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TEMPORARY RECALL OF RETIRED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES; EVALUATION (§ 16.1-69.22:1)

A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may call upon any judge of a district
court who is retired under the Judicial Retirement System (&#xA7; 51.1-300 et
seq.) and who has been found qualified within the preceding three years by the
House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice to (i) hear a specific case or
cases pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 16.1-69.35 with such designation to
continue in effect for the duration of the case or cases or (ii) perform, for a
period not to exceed 90 days at any one time, such judicial duties in any
district court as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall deem in the
public interest for the expeditious disposition of the business of such courts.

B. It shall be the obligation of any retired judge who is recalled to temporary
service under this section and who has not attained age 70 to accept the recall
and perform the duties assigned. It shall be within the discretion of any judge
who has attained age 70 to accept such recall.

C. Any judge recalled to duty under this section shall have all the powers,
duties, and privileges attendant on the position he is recalled to serve.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Chief Justice may call
upon and authorize any judge of a district court whose retirement becomes
effective during the interim period between regularly scheduled sessions of the
General Assembly to sit in recall either to (i) hear a specific case or cases
pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 16.1-69.35, which designation shall
continue in effect for the duration of the case or cases, or (ii) perform, for a
period of time not to exceed 90 days at any one time, such judicial duties in
any district court as the Chief Justice shall deem in the public interest for
the expeditious disposition of the business of the courts.

E. All retired district court judges who have requested to sit in recall shall
be evaluated during the final year of the three-year period following
qualification by the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice using an
evaluation form prepared and distributed by the Office of the Executive
Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. An annual report containing the
results of such evaluations conducted that year shall be prepared and
transmitted to the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice by the
first day of the next regular session of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 832; 2014, c. 776; 2022, c. 532.