                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL JUSTICES TO PERFORM DUTIES OF JUDGE (§ 37.2-803)

The chief judge of each judicial circuit may appoint one or more special
justices, for the purpose of performing the duties required of a judge by this
chapter, Chapter 11 (§ 37.2-1100 et seq.), and §§ 16.1-69.28, 16.1-335
through 16.1-348, 19.2-169.6, 19.2-174.1, 19.2-182.9, 53.1-40.1, 53.1-40.2,
53.1-40.9, and 53.1-133.04. Each special justice shall be a person licensed to
practice law in the Commonwealth or a retired or substitute judge in good
standing and shall have all the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon a judge.
The special justice shall serve under the supervision and at the pleasure of the
chief judge of the judicial circuit for a period of up to six years. The special
justice may be reappointed and may serve additional periods of up to six years,
at the pleasure of the chief judge. Within six months of appointment, each
special justice appointed on or after January 1, 1996, shall complete a minimum
training program prescribed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court.
Special justices shall collect the fees prescribed in this chapter for their
service and shall retain those fees, unless the governing body of the county or
city in which the services are performed provides for the payment of an annual
salary for the services, in which case the fees shall be collected and paid into
the treasury of that county or city.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 37-61.2; 1952, c. 700; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-88; 1974, c.
111; 1976, c. 671; 1995, c. 844; 2005, c. 716; 2007, cc. 500, 897; 2009, c. 608;
2010, cc. 340, 406; 2019, c. 809.