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With respect to such orders, in case of conflict between the provisions of this section and other provisions outside this section relating to venue in cases heard by the judges of general district courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts, all such other provisions are hereby superseded.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1304004,"text":"The chief judges of the Twelfth Judicial District General District Court and the Twelfth Judicial District Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court may, in the interest of justice and by order, designate one or more of the courtrooms of the Colonial Heights General District Court or Colonial Heights Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court as the courtroom or courtrooms in which civil or criminal cases whose proper, preferred, or permissible venue is laid within Chesterfield County are to be tried. 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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 292<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349831,"identifier":"16.1-69.35:3","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.35_3","url":"\/16.1-69.35_3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.35_3\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/3\/16.1-69.35_3","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires pursuant to Acts 2025, c. 292, cl. 2) Twelfth Judicial District; chief judges; designation of cases to be heard in Colonial Heights.","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.35:3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The chief judges<\/span> of the Twelfth Judicial District General District Court<\/span> and the Twelfth Judicial District Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court<\/span> may, in the interest of justice and by order<\/span>, designate one or more of the courtrooms of the Colonial Heights General District Court<\/span> or Colonial Heights Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court<\/span> as the courtroom or courtrooms in which civil or criminal cases whose proper, preferred, or permissible venue<\/span> is laid within Chesterfield County are to be tried. With respect to such orders<\/span>, in case of conflict between the provisions of this section and other provisions outside this section relating to venue<\/span> in cases heard by the judges of general district courts<\/span> and juvenile and domestic relations district courts<\/span>, all such other provisions are hereby superseded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES PURSUANT TO ACTS 2025, C. 292, CL. 2) TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT; CHIEF\nJUDGES; DESIGNATION OF CASES TO BE HEARD IN COLONIAL HEIGHTS. (\u00a7 16.1-69.35:3)\n\nThe chief judges of the Twelfth Judicial District General District Court and the\nTwelfth Judicial District Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court may, in\nthe interest of justice and by order, designate one or more of the courtrooms of\nthe Colonial Heights General District Court or Colonial Heights Juvenile and\nDomestic Relations District Court as the courtroom or courtrooms in which civil\nor criminal cases whose proper, preferred, or permissible venue is laid within\nChesterfield County are to be tried. With respect to such orders, in case of\nconflict between the provisions of this section and other provisions outside\nthis section relating to venue in cases heard by the judges of general district\ncourts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts, all such other\nprovisions are hereby superseded.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 292.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}