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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350245</law_id><section_number>17.1-918</section_number><catch_line>Transmission of certain information to Virginia State Bar, House Committee for Courts of Justice, Senate Committee for Courts of Justice, and other members of the General Assembly</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Judicial Inquiry and Review <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall transmit to the appropriate District Committee of the Virginia State Bar any complaint or <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that may come to its attention with reference to the alleged misconduct of a <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, substitute <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or pro tempore <span class="dictionary">judge</span> which relates to his private practice of <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-1305158" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-918/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall also transmit any <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that it has in its <span class="dictionary">possession</span> with reference to the alleged misconduct of any <span class="dictionary">judge</span> whose election is to be considered at the next session of the General Assembly to (i) the House and Senate Committees for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice and (ii) any member of the General Assembly, upon request. Such <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> shall include the nature of the complaint, the current status of the complaint, the duration of any suspension and the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> supporting the <span class="dictionary">probable cause</span> <span class="dictionary">finding</span> therefor, a description of any remedial course of action, and a statement concluding whether any such remedial course was successfully undertaken. A copy of any <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in whatever form so transmitted shall be sent to the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> in question. Any such <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> transmitted to the House and Senate Committees for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice or to any member of the General Assembly shall lose its confidential character. <a id="paragraph-1305159" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-918/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1973, c. 387, &#xA7; 2.1-37.17:1; 1993, c. 92; 1997, c. 914; 1998, cc. 757, 804; 2001, c. 844; 2004, cc. 332, 363.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
