                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OF SUCCESSOR JUSTICE BEFORE DATE OF VACANCY (§ 17.1-303)

Whenever a vacancy occurs or exists in the office of a justice of the Supreme
Court while the General Assembly is in session, or whenever the term of office
of a justice of the Supreme Court will expire or the office will be vacated at a
date certain between the adjournment of the General Assembly and the
commencement of the next session of the General Assembly, a successor may be
elected at any time during a session preceding the date of such vacancy, by the
vote of a majority of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly,
for a full term and, upon qualification, the successor shall enter at once upon
the discharge of the duties of the office; however, such successor shall not
qualify prior to the predecessor leaving office. No person shall be elected or
reelected to a subsequent term under this section until he has submitted to a
criminal history record search and submitted to a search of the central registry
maintained pursuant to § 63.2-1515 for any founded complaint of child abuse or
neglect and reports of such searches have been received by the Chairmen of the
House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. If the person has not met the
requirement of filing in the preceding calendar year a disclosure form
prescribed in § 2.2-3117 or 30-111, he shall also provide a written statement
of economic interests on the disclosure form prescribed in § 2.2-3117 to the
Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 31, § 17-93.1; 1998, c. 872; 2004, c. 452; 2018, c. 578.