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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349966</law_id><section_number>17.1-202</section_number><catch_line>Clerk, etc., of Supreme Court not to act as counsel</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Clerk of Supreme Court</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> shall act as <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> in any case pending in the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> or which may be taken to the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> by <span class="dictionary">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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Appointment of deputies; their duties; how removed, etc" href="/17.1-201/">17.1-201</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3380, &#xA7; 17-35; 1938, p. 131; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
