                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLERKS SHALL MAKE OUT CRIMINAL DOCKET; TRANSPORTATION ORDERS (§ 19.2-240)

Before every term of any court in which criminal cases are to be tried the clerk
of the court shall make out a separate docket of criminal cases then pending, in
the following order, numbering the same:

1. Felony cases;

2. Misdemeanor cases.
			He shall docket all felony cases in the order in which the indictments are
found and all misdemeanor cases in the order in which the presentments or
indictments are found or informations are filed or appeals are allowed by
magistrates and as soon as any presentments or indictments are made at a term of
court he shall forthwith docket the same in the order required above. Upon
request of, and receipt of all necessary information from, the attorney for the
Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, the court shall issue all necessary
transportation orders for the transport of any defendant incarcerated in a state
or local correctional facility to the court. If authorized by the court and upon
receipt of all necessary information from the attorney for the Commonwealth or
counsel for the defendant, the clerk or deputy clerk may issue these orders on
behalf of the court.
			Traffic infractions shall be docketed with misdemeanor cases.
			Cases appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district court shall
not be placed on the criminal docket except for cases involving criminal
offenses committed by adults as provided in &#xA7; 16.1-302. Cases transferred
to a circuit court from a juvenile and domestic relations district court
pursuant to Article 7 (&#xA7; 16.1-269.1 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 16.1
shall be docketed as provided in this section upon return of a true bill of
indictment by the grand jury.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-189; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1977, c. 585; 1990,
c. 258; 1994, cc. 859, 949; 2017, c. 479.