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Taking of bond by clerk of court (§ 64.2-2018)
2016Whenever this title provides for the appointment of a fiduciary by a circuit court, the clerk of the court also shall have the authority to take the required bond, set the penalty thereof, and pass upon the sufficiency of the surety thereon. . . .
Qualifications for court-appointed counsel (§ 19.2-163.03)
2016A Initial qualification requirements. An attorney seeking to represent an indigent accused in a criminal case, in addition to being a member in good standing of the Virginia State Bar, shall meet the specific criteria required for each type or level . . .
Arraignment; pleas; when court may refuse to accept plea; rejection of plea agreement; recusal (§ 19.2-254)
2016Arraignment shall be conducted in open court. It shall consist of reading to the accused the charge on which he will be tried and calling on him to plead thereto. In a felony case, arraignment is not necessary when waived by the accused. In a misdeme . . .
New juror may be sworn in place of one disabled; when court may discharge jury (§ 8.01-361)
2016If a juror, after he is sworn, be unable from any cause to perform his duty, the court may, in its discretion, cause another qualified juror to be sworn in his place, and in any case, the court may discharge the jury when it appears that they cannot . . .
Medical evidence admissible in juvenile and domestic relations district court (§ 16.1-245.1)
2016In any civil case heard in a juvenile and domestic relations district court involving allegations of child abuse or neglect or family abuse, any party may present evidence, by a report from the treating or examining health care provider as defined in . . .
Appeal to circuit court (§ 33.2-910)
2016Any one or more of the landowners whose property abuts the highway, landing, or railroad crossing proposed to be abandoned, or if only a section of a highway, landing, or railroad crossing is proposed to be abandoned, whose property abuts such sectio . . .
Temporary recall of retired district court judges (§ 16.1-69.22:1)
2016A The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may call upon and authorize any judge of a district court who is retired under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) to (i) hear a specific case or cases pursuant to the provisions of § 16.1-69 . . .
Power of court to reopen after approval (§ 21-340)
2016Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as depriving the court of the power of reopening the proceedings in any case after the approval of the final report and before the letting of the contract in accordance with § 21-349, in order to make such . . .
Dockets, indices and order books; when hearings and records private; right to public hearing; presence of juvenile in court (§ 16.1-302)
2016A Every juvenile court shall keep a separate docket of cases arising under this law. B Every circuit court shall keep a separate docket, index, and, for entry of its orders, a separate order book or file for cases on appeal from the juvenile court e . . .
Circuit court judges may enforce orders of Commissioner, Board, or State Veterinarian (§ 3.2-6014)
2016Upon petition by the Commissioner, the Board, or the State Veterinarian, a circuit court judge may issue orders as are necessary to enforce the orders of the Commissioner, the Board, or State Veterinarian. . . .