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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350120</law_id><section_number>17.1-331</section_number><catch_line>Notice</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="3" identifier="3">Supreme Court</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Declaration of Judicial Emergency</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">order</span> declaring a judicial emergency shall be recorded in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> book maintained by the clerk of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, and notice shall be provided to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> and all <span class="dictionary">judges</span> and clerks of the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> within any affected <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> or district. Notice to the public shall be given by any means reasonably calculated to inform interested persons and may, without limitation, include publication in a newspaper of local or state-wide distribution, posting of written notices at courthouses and other public facilities, and announcements on television, radio, and the Internet.</p></section></text><history>2010, cc. 451, 757.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
