                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO VIRGINIA STATE BAR, HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR
COURTS OF JUSTICE, SENATE COMMITTEE FOR COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (§ 17.1-918)

A. The Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission shall transmit to the appropriate
District Committee of the Virginia State Bar any complaint or evidence that may
come to its attention with reference to the alleged misconduct of a judge,
substitute judge or pro tempore judge which relates to his private practice of
law.

B. The Commission shall also transmit any evidence that it has in its possession
with reference to the alleged misconduct of any judge whose election is to be
considered at the next session of the General Assembly to (i) the House and
Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and (ii) any member of the General
Assembly, upon request. Such evidence shall include the nature of the complaint,
the current status of the complaint, the duration of any suspension and the
evidence supporting the probable cause finding therefor, a description of any
remedial course of action, and a statement concluding whether any such remedial
course was successfully undertaken. A copy of any evidence in whatever form so
transmitted shall be sent to the judge in question. Any such evidence
transmitted to the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice or to any
member of the General Assembly shall lose its confidential character.

HISTORY: 1973, c. 387, § 2.1-37.17:1; 1993, c. 92; 1997, c. 914; 1998, cc. 757,
804; 2001, c. 844; 2004, cc. 332, 363.