                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROBATIONARY PERIOD; COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS; VACANCIES; REVOCATION OF
APPOINTMENT (§ 19.2-38)

Persons appointed as magistrates under the provisions of this chapter shall
serve at the pleasure of the Executive Secretary. Upon appointment by the
Executive Secretary, every magistrate shall serve initially for a nine-month
probationary period during which the magistrate must complete the minimum
training program as established by the Committee on District Courts and
satisfactorily complete a certification examination. Any magistrate who fails to
successfully pass the certification examination shall not serve beyond the
nine-month probationary period. The probationary period described in this
section shall not apply to any magistrate serving on July 1, 2008, who has
successfully completed the minimum training program and passed the certification
examination, provided there is no break in service after July 1, 2008.
Magistrates shall be entitled to compensation and other benefits only from the
time they take office.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-386; 1973, c. 545; 1974, c. 484; 1975, c. 495; 1980,
c. 505; 2004, c. 370; 2008, cc. 551, 691.