                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT, TERMS, ETC., OF SUBSTITUTE JUDGES (§ 16.1-69.9:1)

A. Substitute judges shall be appointed by the chief judge of the circuit court
having jurisdiction within the district for a term of six years.

B. Each substitute judge shall be appointed to serve every general district
court and every juvenile and domestic relations district court within the
judicial district for which the appointment is made.

C. No person shall be appointed under this section until he has submitted his
fingerprints to be used for the conduct of a national criminal records search
and a Virginia criminal history records search, submitted to a search of the
central registry maintained pursuant to &#xA7; 63.2-1515 for any founded
complaint of child abuse or neglect, and provided a written statement of
economic interests on the disclosure form prescribed in &#xA7; 2.2-3117. No
person with a criminal conviction for a felony shall be appointed as a
substitute judge.

HISTORY: 1973, c. 546; 1975, c. 334; 2004, c. 452; 2018, c. 578.