                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NUMBER OF JUDGES (§ 16.1-69.6:1)

For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district
court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the
maximum number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside
within their respective districts, except as provided in § 16.1-69.16, and
whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed
for general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district
court judges.
		The maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:
		The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the
provisions of § 16.1-69.9:3.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 1; 1975, c. 41; 1976, c. 56; 1977, c. 5; 1978, c. 2; 1979, c.
7; 1980, c. 93; 1981, c. 26; 1982, c. 4; 1983, c. 1; 1985, c. 44; 1986, c. 75;
1987, c. 16; 1988, c. 22; 1989, c. 44; 1990, c. 112; 1992, c. 91; 1993, cc. 8,
31; 1994, c. 89; 1994, 1st Sp. Sess., cc. 3, 7; 1995, c. 20; 1996, c. 121; 1997,
c. 16; 1998, c. 2; 1999, c. 11; 2000, c. 43; 2001, c. 16; 2004, Sp. Sess. I, c.
4; 2005, cc. 189, 228, 951; 2006, cc. 34, 488; 2006, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2014,
cc. 812, 822; 2016, c. 728; 2018, cc. 126, 135; 2020, cc. 343, 586; 2023, cc.
72, 73; 2024, cc. 525, 606; 2025, cc. 575, 582.