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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350233</law_id><section_number>17.1-906</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction of Supreme Court</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="9" identifier="9">Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> conferred on the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> by Article VI, Section 1 and Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, to conduct <span class="dictionary">hearings</span> and impose <span class="dictionary">sanctions</span> upon the filing by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> of complaints against justices of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of other <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of record, and members of the State Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> by virtue of this chapter shall have the same <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, to be exercised in the same manner, upon the filing by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> of complaints against all other <span class="dictionary">judges</span> as defined in this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 154, &#xA7; 2.1-37.2; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>JUDICIAL INQUIRY &amp; REVIEW COM'N v. Elliott</name><case_number>Record 051990.</case_number><citation>630 S.E.2d 485</citation><date>2006-06-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058804/judicial-inquiry-review-comn-v-elliott/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 630 S.E.2d 485 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Judicial Inquiry &amp; Review Commission v. Lewis</name><case_number>Record No. 020696</case_number><citation>264 Va. 401</citation><date>2002-09-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6931135/judicial-inquiry-review-commission-v-lewis/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE KINSER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COM'N v. Lewis</name><case_number>020696</case_number><citation>568 S.E.2d 687</citation><date>2002-09-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059302/judicial-inquiry-and-review-comn-v-lewis/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 568 S.E.2d 687 (2002) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>JUD. INQUIRY &amp; REVIEW COM'N OF VA v. Taylor</name><case_number>090845</case_number><citation>685 S.E.2d 51</citation><date>2009-11-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058283/jud-inquiry-review-comn-of-va-v-taylor/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 685 S.E.2d 51 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
