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Timestamp: 2019-08-19 06:07:51
Document Index: 404072017

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 55', '§ 46', '§ 19', '§ 8', '§ 8']

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-195.4 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount; transfer of matter. [H 2289] Approved
(1) Exclusive original jurisdiction of any claim to specific personal property or to any debt, fine or other money, or to damages for breach of contract or for injury done to property, real or personal, or for any injury to the person that would be recoverable by action at law or suit in equity, when the amount of such claim does not exceed $4,500 exclusive of interest and any attorney fees, and concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts having jurisdiction in such territory of any such claim when the amount thereof exceeds $4,500 but does not exceed $25,000, exclusive of interest and any attorney fees. However, this $25,000 limit shall not apply with respect to distress warrants under the provisions of § 55-230, cases involving liquidated damages for violations of vehicle weight limits pursuant to § 46.2-1135, nor cases involving forfeiture of a bond pursuant to § 19.2-143. While a matter is pending in a general district court, upon motion of the plaintiff seeking to increase the amount of the claim, the court shall order transfer of the matter to the circuit court that has jurisdiction over the amended amount of the claim without requiring that the case first be dismissed or that the plaintiff suffer a nonsuit, and the tolling of the applicable statutes of limitations governing the pending matter shall be unaffected by the transfer. Except for good cause shown, no such order of transfer shall issue unless the motion to amend and transfer is made at least 10 days before trial. The plaintiff shall pay filing and other fees as otherwise provided by law to the clerk of the court to which the case is transferred, and such clerk shall process the claim as if it were a new civil action. The plaintiff shall prepare and present the order of transfer to the transferring court for entry, after which time the case shall be removed from the pending docket of the transferring court and the order of transfer placed among its records. The plaintiff shall provide a certified copy of the transfer order to the receiving court.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2289 FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by Senator Obenshain on February 14, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Leftwich) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-195.4 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount; transfer of matter.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2289 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 8, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.01-195.4 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount; transfer of matter.
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