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VA Code § 17.1-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-311. Where prohibition and mandamus issued and tried

Writs of prohibition or mandamus from the Supreme Court shall issue and be tried at any place of session of the Court.Code 1919, § 5872, § 17-98; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-312. Where criminal jurisdiction exercised

The appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in any criminal case may be exercised at any place of session, no matter where the court may have been held which rendered the judgment in such case.Code 1919, § 5870, § 17-110; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-314 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-314. Executive Secretary

The Office of Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court, to be filled by a person having the qualifications as may be prescribed by the justices of the Supreme Court, is hereby created to be the court administrator for the Commonwealth. He shall be appointed by the Supreme Court, shall hold office at the pleasure of the Court, and during his term of office shall not engage in the private practice of law. He shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Court. He may, with the approval of the Court, employ such persons as are necessary for the performance of the duties of his office, whose compensation shall be fixed by the Court within the limits of the amounts appropriated by law.1952, c. 506, § 17-111.1; 1966, c. 148; 1973, c. 544; 1998, c. 872; 2005, c. 237.
VA Code § 17.1-315 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-315. Duties of Executive Secretary

The Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court shall have the following duties:1. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Council;2. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Conference;3. He shall assist the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court in the administration of the judicial branch of the government to the end that litigation may be expedited and the administration of justice improved in the courts of the Commonwealth; and4. He shall have such other duties as may be required of him by the Chief Justice or by the Supreme Court in the performance of the administrative functions of that Court.1952, c. 506, § 17-111.2; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-316 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-316. Printing and binding reports of Supreme Court

When notified by the reporter of the Supreme Court that he has sufficient copy to issue a volume of the Virginia Reports, or a substantial part thereof, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall order the printing of such copy. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall order sufficient copies for distribution as set forth in § 17.1-319 and for sale to the public.All reports sold by authority of this section shall be sold at a price per volume fixed by the Executive Secretary, said price to be reasonable and sufficient to cover the cost of printing, binding, mailing and handling. The receipts from such sales shall be paid into the state treasury and credited as revenue to a special fund for use by the Supreme Court. The Executive Secretary may arrange for quantity, volume sales to book dealers or publishers for resale and on such quantity sales he may allow a reasonable discount; but the Executive Secretary may limit such sales whenever such sales would reduce the stock below a reasonable number of volumes to be held for sale to individuals for their own use.1980, c. 615, § 17-111.3; 1983, c. 588; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-317 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-317. Printing and distribution of advance sheets of such reports

A. In addition to the copies authorized to be printed and bound under § 17.1-316, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia may have printed, for sale as advance sheets, a number of copies of each such report sufficient to fill orders received for advance sheets. He shall fix the price for advance sheets in an amount to cover the cost of printing, mailing and handling. All the funds collected from the sale of advance sheets shall be paid into the state treasury and reported to the Comptroller for credit to the general fund of the Commonwealth.B. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia may also have printed as advance sheets a number of copies of each such report sufficient to furnish one copy of each such report to the following for their use and the use of their successors in office:1. The Clerk of the Supreme Court;2. The reporter of the Supreme Court;3. The judges of each court of record of this Commonwealth;4. The Division of Legislative Services;5. The Secretary of the Virginia State Bar;6. Each justice of the Supreme Court;7. The members of the State Corporation Commission;8. Each judge of a general district court and each judge of a juvenile and domestic relations district court and such district courts as shall be designated by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia not to exceed 250 copies;9. The Attorney General, his deputies and assistants upon written application to the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; and10. Any member of the General Assembly upon written application to the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.1980, c. 615, § 17-111.4; 1990, c. 731; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-319 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-319. Custody and distribution of reports of Supreme Court; Court of Appeals

A. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall be charged with the custody, disposal and sale of the published reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. One copy of each volume of the reports hereafter published shall be furnished either in print or in electronic format to each of the following for their use and the use of their successors in office:1. The Clerk and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court;2. The reporter of the Supreme Court;3. The judges and retired judges of each circuit court of this Commonwealth;4. The clerk of each such court;5. Each judge of a general district court and each judge of a juvenile and domestic relations district court, and such district courts as shall be designated by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia not to exceed 250 copies;6. The Clerk of the House of Delegates;7. The Clerk of the Senate;8. The Division of Legislative Services;9. The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission;10. The Secretary of the Virginia State Bar;11. The clerk of each of the district courts of the United States held in this Commonwealth for the use of the courts and the members of the bar practicing therein;12. The attorney for the Commonwealth in counties and cities, and the county attorney in those counties which created the office of the county attorney;13. The Attorney General, his deputies and assistants upon written application to the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.B. Two copies of each volume of the reports hereafter published shall be furnished to each of the justices of the Supreme Court, to each of the judges of the Court of Appeals and to each of the members of the State Corporation Commission for their use and for the use of their successors in office, except that each justice, judge or member shall be entitled to retain for personal use one copy of each volume in which appear any opinions authored by him. Eight copies of each volume of the reports hereafter published shall be furnished to each institution of higher education in the Commonwealth in which a law school approved by the American Bar Association is established. Fifteen copies of each such volume shall be placed in the State Law Library at Richmond.C. He shall place in the Law Library at Richmond such additional copies of all of the decisions of the Supreme Court as are available, so as to make up 15 complete sets of the Virginia Reports for the justices' private offices, conference rooms and the Law Library.1980, c. 615, § 17-111.6; 1984, c. 703; 1990, c. 739; 1998, c. 872; 2003, c. 141.
VA Code § 17.1-320 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-320. Furnishing reports to law libraries destroyed by fire

The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia is authorized and directed to furnish to the law school of any institution of higher education in the Commonwealth whose law library has been destroyed by fire, out of any surplus copies on hand and available for such distribution, eight copies of each volume of the Virginia Reports, or so many thereof as may be necessary to replace copies of such volumes which have been destroyed by such fire.Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to purchase any such copies for distribution hereunder.1980, c. 615, § 17-111.7; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-321 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-321. Reporter of Court; his appointment and salary

The Supreme Court shall have authority to contract with some suitable person to report such of its decisions as the Court shall direct, at such compensation as may be appropriated by law for the purpose, payable in monthly installments.The Court may at any time put an end to such contract and contract with another person for performing the service, upon the same terms.Code 1919, §§ 5879 and 5882, §§ 17-113, 17-114; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-322 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-322. Duties

The Reporter shall prepare and deliver from time to time to such printer as the Comptroller may direct manuscript reports of such decisions of the Court as the judges thereof shall direct, with an abstract of the points decided in each case and an index to the contents of the volume, a table of cases reported, a table of cases cited and a table of Virginia statutes cited and construed in the volume. The Reporter shall examine and correct the proof sheets thereof as they shall be furnished him by the printer.Code 1919, §§ 5880, 5881, § 17-115; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-323 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-323. Clerk to deliver opinions to Reporter

In those cases which the Reporter is directed to report, copies of the reasons stated in writing, under Section 6 of Article VI of the Constitution of Virginia, shall be delivered by the clerk of the Court to the Reporter.Code 1919, § 5883, § 17-116; 1938, p. 134; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-324 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-324. Justices of Supreme Court

The justices of the Supreme Court shall receive such salaries as shall be fixed from time to time in the general appropriation act.Code 1950, § 14-38; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-29; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1972, c. 856; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-325 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-325. Clerk and deputy clerks of Supreme Court

The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the deputy clerks of the Court shall each receive an annual salary, as fixed by the Court. The salaries prescribed in this section for the Clerk and deputy clerks of the Supreme Court shall be the entire compensation for all services rendered by them, respectively, and shall be in lieu of any and all fees and other emoluments of their offices, prescribed by any other statutes or acts. A reasonable sum as approved by the Court, shall be allowed for the necessary expenses of maintaining the offices of the Clerk.Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed to lessen or eliminate the authority of the General Assembly to fix and determine such salaries.Code 1950, § 14-39; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-30; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1972, c. 856; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-326 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-326. Reporter of Supreme Court

The reporter of the Supreme Court shall receive an annual salary as fixed by the Court.Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed to lessen or eliminate the authority of the General Assembly to fix and determine such salary.Code 1950, § 14-41; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-32; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1972, c. 856; 1998, c. 872.
VA Code § 17.1-327 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-327. Payment for services of retired judges; members of the State Corporation Commission and Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission

Any justice, judge, member of the State Corporation Commission, or member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission who is retired under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) and who is temporarily recalled to service shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred during such service and shall be paid a per diem of $200 for each day he actually sits, exclusive of travel time.1990, c. 832, § 14.1-39.1; 1998, c. 872; 1999, c. 730.
VA Code § 17.1-328 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-328. Fees charged and collected by Clerk of Supreme Court

A. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall charge the following fees:1. In every case in which a petition is presented, $50, which shall be collected at the time such petition is presented. Twenty-five dollars of each fee collected under this section shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132.2. For making and certifying a copy of any record or document in the clerk's office, ten cents per 100 words or twenty-five cents per page.3. For verifying and certifying any record or document not actually copied by the clerk, one-half of the fee for copying and certifying, which shall not, however, be applied to the certification of a copy of the record in this court which has already been printed.4. For authentication of any record, document or paper under the seal of the court, fifty cents.5. For copying and certifying any document or paper of less than 250 words, twenty-five cents.6. For administering an oath and entering an order qualifying an attorney to practice in the court, two dollars and fifty cents.7. For certificate of such qualification under seal of the court, one dollar plus the cost of engrossing.8. For entering an order and licensing an attorney from another state, under the reciprocity statute, $500.9. For a law license certificate under seal of the court and a certificate of qualification under seal of the court, $15, which shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132, plus the cost of engrossing.10. For all other services not specifically mentioned above, the same fee as would be charged by a clerk of a circuit court in similar cases.B. The tribunal wherein a motion to associate counsel pro hac vice and an application of an out-of-state lawyer are filed shall collect the fee specified in Rule 1A:4 of the Rules of the Supreme Court and transmit such fee to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall deposit such fee in the Pro Hac Vice Fund established pursuant to § 17.1-205.Code 1950, § 14-129; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-120; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1972, c. 856; 1977, c. 449; 1992, c. 252; 1998, c. 872; 2006, cc. 623, 718; 2007, cc. 113, 372.
VA Code § 17.1-329 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-329. Disposition of fees of Clerk of Supreme Court

The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep an accurate account of all fees and costs collected by him and shall make monthly deposits thereof in a depository, or depositories, approved by the State Treasurer, to the credit of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A report of each deposit shall be promptly submitted to the State Treasurer, and detailed reports thereof shall be made monthly to the State Comptroller. Except as provided in § 17.1-328, all such fees and costs shall be credited by the Comptroller to the general fund of the state treasury.Code 1950, § 14-40; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-31; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1998, c. 872; 2006, cc. 623, 718.
VA Code § 17.1-331 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|§ 17.1-331. Notice

Any order declaring a judicial emergency shall be recorded in the order book maintained by the clerk of the Supreme Court, and notice shall be provided to the clerk of the Court of Appeals and all judges and clerks of the courts within any affected circuit 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.2010, cc. 451, 757.
VA Code § 17.1-401 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 4 - The Court of Appeals|§ 17.1-401. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Senior judge

A. Any chief judge or judge of the Court of Appeals who is eligible for retirement, other than for disability, with the consent of a majority of the members of the court first obtained, may elect to retire under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) and be known and designated as a senior judge. In addition, any chief judge or judge of the Court of Appeals who is retired under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) shall be subject to recall, with the consent of a majority of the members of the court, and may be known and designated as a senior judge.B. Any chief judge or judge who has retired from active service, as provided in subsection A, may be designated and assigned by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to perform the duties of a judge of the court. Such judge shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges attendant on the position for which he is recalled to serve.C. While serving in such status, a senior judge shall be deemed to be serving in a temporary capacity and, in addition to the retirement benefits received by such judge, shall receive as compensation a sum equal to one-fourth of the total compensation of an active judge of the Court of Appeals for a similar period of service. A retired judge, while performing the duties of a senior judge, shall be furnished office space, support staff, a telephone, and supplies as are furnished a judge of the court.D. A judge may terminate his status as a senior judge, or such status may be terminated by a majority of the members of the court. Each judge designated a senior judge shall serve a one-year term unless the court, by order or otherwise, extends the term for an additional year. There shall be no limit on the number of terms a senior judge may so serve.E. Only five retired judges shall serve as senior judges at any one time.F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the number of judges of the Court of Appeals provided for in § 17.1-400.1993, c. 421, § 17-116.01:1; 1994, c. 401; 1998, cc. 190, 872; 2001, c. 295; 2004, c. 346; 2014, c. 776; 2018, c. 709.
VA Code § 17.1-401 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 4 - The Court of Appeals|§ 17.1-401. (Effective January 1, 2022) Senior judge

A. Any chief judge or judge of the Court of Appeals who is eligible for retirement, other than for disability, with the consent of a majority of the members of the court first obtained, may elect to retire under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) and be known and designated as a senior judge. In addition, any chief judge or judge of the Court of Appeals who is retired under the Judicial Retirement System (§ 51.1-300 et seq.) shall be subject to recall, with the consent of a majority of the members of the court, and may be known and designated as a senior judge.B. Any chief judge or judge who has retired from active service, as provided in subsection A, may be designated and assigned by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to perform the duties of a judge of the court. Such judge shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges attendant on the position for which he is recalled to serve.C. While serving in such status, a senior judge shall be deemed to be serving in a temporary capacity and, in addition to the retirement benefits received by such judge, shall receive as compensation a sum equal to one-fourth of the total compensation of an active judge of the Court of Appeals for a similar period of service. A retired judge, while performing the duties of a senior judge, shall be furnished office space, support staff, a telephone, and supplies as are furnished a judge of the court.D. A judge may terminate his status as a senior judge, or such status may be terminated by a majority of the members of the court. Each judge designated a senior judge shall serve a one-year term unless the court, by order or otherwise, extends the term for an additional year. There shall be no limit on the number of terms a senior judge may so serve.E. Only five retired judges shall serve as senior judges at any one time.F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the number of judges of the Court of Appeals provided for in § 17.1-400.1993, c. 421, § 17-116.01:1; 1994, c. 401; 1998, cc. 190, 872; 2001, c. 295; 2004, c. 346; 2014, c. 776; 2018, c. 709.
VA Code § 17.1-402 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 17.1 - Courts of Record|Chapter 4 - The Court of Appeals|§ 17.1-402. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Sessions; panels; quorum; presiding judges; hearings en banc

A. The Court of Appeals shall sit at such locations within the Commonwealth as the chief judge, upon consultation with the other judges of the court, shall designate so as to provide, insofar as feasible, convenient access to the various geographic areas of the Commonwealth. The chief judge shall schedule sessions of the court as required to discharge expeditiously the business of the court.B. The Court of Appeals shall sit in panels of at least three judges each. The presence of all judges in the panel shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. The chief judge shall assign the members to panels and, insofar as practicable, rotate the membership of the panels. The chief judge shall preside over any panel of which he is a member and shall designate the presiding judges of the other panels.C. Each panel shall hear and determine, independently of the others, the petitions for appeal and appeals granted in criminal cases and the other cases assigned to that panel.D. The Court of Appeals shall sit en banc (i) when there is a dissent in the panel to which the case was originally assigned and an aggrieved party requests an en banc hearing and at least four judges of the court vote in favor of such a hearing or (ii) when any judge of any panel shall certify that in his opinion a decision of such panel of the court is in conflict with a prior decision of the court or of any panel thereof and three other judges of the court concur in that view. The court may sit en banc upon its own motion at any time, in any case in which a majority of the court determines it is appropriate to do so. The court sitting en banc shall consider and decide the case and may overrule any previous decision by any panel or of the full court.E. The court may sit en banc with no fewer than eight judges. In all cases decided by the court en banc, the concurrence of at least a majority of the judges sitting shall be required to reverse a judgment, in whole or in part.1983, c. 413, § 17-116.02; 1984, c. 701; 1988, cc. 71, 478; 1998, c. 872; 2000, c. 8; 2001, c. 555; 2008, cc. 54, 156.