CODE OF VIRGINIA

SALARIES OF JUDGES (§ 16.1-69.44)

Each district court judge shall be paid by the Commonwealth an annual salary
which shall be fixed in the general appropriation acts and set at an amount
equal to ninety percent of the annual salary fixed by state law for judges of
the circuit courts.Each substitute judge of a district court shall receive for
his services a per diem compensation of $ 200 except when such judge sits
pursuant to the provisions of Title 37.2, in which case compensation shall be
limited to that provided in § 37.2-804. The judge replaced may certify that the
substitute judge is entitled to $ 100 if the substitute judge acted in his
official capacity for less than a full court docket or served less than four
hours. A full-time judge elected to an initial term after January 1, 1974, shall
also be prohibited from engaging in the practice of law.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974, c. 612; 1976, cc. 374, 459, 667;
1979, c. 445; 1980, c. 536; 1984, c. 570; 1993, c. 327; 1999, c. 730.