                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL POWERS OF JUDGES (§ 16.1-69.27)

A judge of a district court may take affidavits and administer oaths and
affirmations in all matters and proceedings, may issue all appropriate orders or
writs, including orders appointing guardians ad litem in all proper cases, in
aid of the jurisdiction conferred upon him, and may certify transcripts of the
records and proceedings of the court for use elsewhere. But he shall have no
authority to take acknowledgments to deeds or other writings for purposes of
recordation.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.