                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INVESTIGATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NECESSITY BEFORE VACANCIES FILLED (§
16.1-69.9:3)

When a vacancy occurs in the office of any judge of any district, the vacancy
shall not be filled until, after investigation, the Committee on District Courts
certifies that the filling of the vacancy is necessary. The Committee shall
publish notice of such certification in a publication of general circulation
among attorneys licensed to practice in the Commonwealth. No notice of
retirement submitted under § 51.1-305 or § 51.1-307 shall be revoked after
certification of the vacancy by the Committee. If the Committee certifies that
the filling of the vacancy is not necessary, it shall direct the manner of
distributing the work created by the vacancy, and the vacancy shall not be
filled if not certified as necessary.

HISTORY: 1973, c. 546; 1975, c. 101; 1999, c. 319; 2004, c. 331.