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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":349965,"section_number":"17.1-201","catch_line":"Appointment of deputies; their duties; how removed, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-201\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1389975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349966,"identifier":"17.1-202","token":"17.1\/2\/1\/17.1-202","url":"\/17.1-202\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-202\/","token":"17.1\/2\/1\/17.1-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerk, etc., of Supreme Court not to act as counsel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme Court<\/span> shall act as counsel<\/span> in any case pending in the Court<\/span> or which may be taken to the Court<\/span> by appeal<\/span> or otherwise. Any clerk, deputy clerk or employee violating this section shall be removed from office or employment, as the case may be, in the manner provided in \u00a7 17.1-201<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLERK, ETC., OF SUPREME COURT NOT TO ACT AS COUNSEL (\u00a7 17.1-202)\n\nNo clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme Court shall act as counsel in\nany case pending in the Court or which may be taken to the Court by appeal or\notherwise. Any clerk, deputy clerk or employee violating this section shall be\nremoved from office or employment, as the case may be, in the manner provided in\n\u00a7 17.1-201.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3380, \u00a7 17-35; 1938, p. 131; 1998, c. 872.","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"}}