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Magistrates<\/span> and any other personnel in the office of the magistrate<\/span> shall be appointed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia in consultation with the chief judges<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> within the region. Each magistrate<\/span> shall be appointed to serve one or more of the magisterial regions created by the Executive Secretary. Each magisterial region shall be comprised of one or more judicial districts. The Executive Secretary shall have full supervisory authority over the magistrates<\/span> so appointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the only methods for the selection of magistrates<\/span> shall be as set out in this section.<\/p>

No person shall be appointed under this section until he has submitted his fingerprints to be used for the conduct of a national criminal records search and a Virginia criminal history records search. No person with a criminal conviction<\/span> for a felony<\/span> shall be appointed as a magistrate<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT; SUPERVISION GENERALLY (\u00a7 19.2-35)\n\nMagistrates and any other personnel in the office of the magistrate shall be\nappointed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia in\nconsultation with the chief judges of the circuit courts having jurisdiction\nwithin the region. Each magistrate shall be appointed to serve one or more of\nthe magisterial regions created by the Executive Secretary. Each magisterial\nregion shall be comprised of one or more judicial districts. The Executive\nSecretary shall have full supervisory authority over the magistrates so\nappointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the only methods for the\nselection of magistrates shall be as set out in this section.\n\nNo person shall be appointed under this section until he has submitted his\nfingerprints to be used for the conduct of a national criminal records search\nand a Virginia criminal history records search. No person with a criminal\nconviction for a felony shall be appointed as a magistrate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-383; 1973, c. 545; 1974, c. 484; 1975, c. 495; 1976,\nc. 138; 1981, c. 4; 1988, c. 511; 2002, c. 310; 2004, cc. 370, 452; 2008, cc.\n551, 691.","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"}}