Va. Code § 17.1-301

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 17.1-301 - Presiding justice when Chief Justice absent

In the absence of the Chief Justice, the justice longest in continuous service present shall be the presiding justice. If two or more justices have served for the same period, the justice senior in years of these present shall be the presiding justice.

Va. Code § 17.1-301

Code 1919, § 5863, § 17-95; 1938, p. 134; 1998, c. 872.

Amended by Acts 1998, § c. 872.

Amended by Acts 1938, § p. 134.