                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIRCUIT COURT OF COUNTY TO CONSTITUTE CIRCUIT COURT OF CERTAIN CITIES (§
17.1-505)

The circuit court of any county, within which is situated any city which has
undergone transition from a city of the second class to a city of the first
class since the Constitution of 1902, went into effect, shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with the circuit court of such city in all proceedings at law or in
equity, except criminal prosecutions; and the circuit court of such county shall
constitute the circuit court of such city. This section shall not apply to the
Cities of Bristol, Colonial Heights, Fredericksburg, Martinsville, Salem and
Suffolk for which separate circuit courts have heretofore been established and
which are continued.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5911, § 17-118; 1920, p. 607; 1962, c. 237; 1968, c.
107; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 27; 1998, c. 872.