CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS OF JUDGES (§ 17.1-103)

Each judge of a circuit court shall, during his term of office, reside within
the circuit to which he was appointed or elected and his removal therefrom shall
vacate his office. Where the boundary of the jurisdiction of a court is changed
by annexation or otherwise, a judge thereof shall not become disqualified from
office or ineligible for reelection if, except for such annexation or change, he
would otherwise be qualified.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5977, § 17-5; 1964, c. 108; 1970, c. 122; 1971, Ex.
Sess., c. 50; 1998, c. 872.