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Such substitute judge shall have all the power and authority of his predecessor, and the court shall proceed as so constituted to hear and determine the case and do all things necessary to accomplish its final disposition and the completion of all the duties of the court, including such matters as the certification of evidence and exceptions. No decision shall be rendered or action taken after such designation with respect to any question previously submitted to but not decided by the court except after a full hearing in open court by the court as reconstituted of all the evidence theretofore introduced before the court and a hearing of all arguments theretofore made with reference to such question.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1298519,"text":"If a vacancy occurs on such court at any time prior to the final disposition of the case and the completion of all duties required to be performed by it, the court shall not be dissolved and the proceeding shall not fail; the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another judge from the panel provided for in this chapter. Such substitute judge shall have all the power and authority of his predecessor, and the court shall proceed as so constituted to hear and determine the case and do all things necessary to accomplish its final disposition and the completion of all the duties of the court, including such matters as the certification of evidence and exceptions. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 328; in 1960, chapter 474; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1979, chapter 85; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":348200,"section_number":"15.2-3217","catch_line":"Court granting annexation to exist for 10 years","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3217\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383979,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348165,"identifier":"15.2-3004","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3004","url":"\/15.2-3004\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3004\/","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vacancies on court occurring during trial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a vacancy occurs on such court<\/span> at any time prior to the final disposition<\/span> of the case and the completion of all duties required to be performed by it, the court<\/span> shall not be dissolved and the proceeding shall not fail; the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another judge<\/span> from the panel<\/span> provided for in this chapter. Such substitute judge<\/span> shall have all the power and authority of his predecessor, and the court<\/span> shall proceed as so constituted to hear and determine the case and do all things necessary to accomplish its final disposition<\/span> and the completion of all the duties of the court<\/span>, including such matters as the certification of evidence<\/span> and exceptions. No decision shall be rendered or action taken after such designation with respect to any question previously submitted to but not decided by the court<\/span> except after a full hearing<\/span> in open court<\/span> by the court<\/span> as reconstituted of all the evidence<\/span> theretofore introduced before the court<\/span> and a hearing<\/span> of all arguments theretofore made with reference to such question.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVACANCIES ON COURT OCCURRING DURING TRIAL (\u00a7 15.2-3004)\n\nIf a vacancy occurs on such court at any time prior to the final disposition of\nthe case and the completion of all duties required to be performed by it, the\ncourt shall not be dissolved and the proceeding shall not fail; the vacancy\nshall be filled by designation of another judge from the panel provided for in\nthis chapter. Such substitute judge shall have all the power and authority of\nhis predecessor, and the court shall proceed as so constituted to hear and\ndetermine the case and do all things necessary to accomplish its final\ndisposition and the completion of all the duties of the court, including such\nmatters as the certification of evidence and exceptions. No decision shall be\nrendered or action taken after such designation with respect to any question\npreviously submitted to but not decided by the court except after a full hearing\nin open court by the court as reconstituted of all the evidence theretofore\nintroduced before the court and a hearing of all arguments theretofore made with\nreference to such question.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-152.9; 1952, c. 328; 1960, c. 474; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7\n15.1-1039; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}