                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OF JUDGE OF NEW CIRCUIT; HOW COURT HELD MEANWHILE (§ 17.1-510)

If a new or additional circuit is created, a judge or judges shall be elected or
appointed thereto in the same manner as provided by law for the filling of
vacancies or newly created judgeships in existing circuits.
		During any vacancy from the creation of the new circuit until a judge has been
elected or appointed to fill the vacancy and has qualified, terms of the court
shall be held by a judge or by judges designated as provided by law in cases of
vacancies.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5889, § 17-121; 1920, p. 123; 1924, p. 310; 1944, p. 95;
1998, c. 872.