Administration and Supervision of the District Courts

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Administration and Supervision of the District Courts.” It is part of Chapter 4.1 “District Courts”, which is part of Title 16.1 “Courts Not of Record”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 16.1-69.30	District system within unified court system
§ 16.1-69.31	The duties of the Judicial Council
§ 16.1-69.32	Rules
§ 16.1-69.32:1	Substitution of counsel
§ 16.1-69.33	Committee on District Courts
§ 16.1-69.34	Reserved
§ 16.1-69.35	Administrative duties of chief district judge
§ 16.1-69.35:01	Location of district courts for Albemarle County
§ 16.1-69.35:1	Location of district courts for Carroll County
§ 16.1-69.35:2	Recording of proceedings in district courts
§ 16.1-69.35:3	(Expires pursuant to Acts 2025, c. 292, cl. 2) Twelfth Judicial District; chief judges; designation of cases to be heard in Colonial Heights.
§ 16.1-69.36	Where process returnable and trials held in certain cases