Courts Of Record
Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Juvenile dispositions; gives circuit court authority to modify finding of guilt, etc. [SB-948]
Juvenile dispositions. Gives the circuit court the authority to modify a finding of guilt to an adjudication of delinquency when a juvenile is tried in circuit court and fulfills the conditions of probation after the court has deferred the imposition of a final sentence and placed the juvenile on probation.
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Inspection of motor vehicles; exceptions to requirements. [SB-915]
Inspection of motor vehicles. Restates requirements for motor vehicle safety inspections and places exemptions under a single Code section.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Court fees; increases from $10 to $14 additional fees that are collected. [SB-908]
Court fees. Increases from $10 to $14 the additional court fees that are collected, upon commencement of a civil action in circuit or general district court, in cities and counties in which free, civil legal representation is provided for the poor by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the Virginia State Bar. The bill also changes from $9 to $13 the amount that, from such additional fee, is to be credited to the Virginia State Bar's Legal Aid Services Fund.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Violent felony; possession of firearm on school property prohibited, penalty. [SB-903]
Definition of violent felony; penalty. Removes an "and" in the list of violent felonies to make it clear that a person does not need to be convicted of both §18.2-308.1 (possession of weapon on school property) and §18.2-308.2 (possession of firearm by a felon) in order to have the offense qualify as a violent felony for the purpose of the sentencing guidelines. The bill also provides that using a firearm in a threatening manner in a school is the only felony in §18.2-308.1 that qualifies as a violent felony.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Courthouse assessments; localities to raise fee assessed for courthouse construction, etc. [SB-855]
Courthouse assessments. Allows localities to raise the fee assessed for courthouse construction, renovation, or maintenance above the current authorized amount of $2 once every two years beginning July 1, 2012, based upon the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. The fee is assessed as part of the costs in civil, criminal and traffic cases.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Circuit courts; juvenile's right to appeal transfer of case. [SB-822]
Juvenile's right to appeal transfer to circuit court. Provides for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision in certain violent felony cases to transfer the juvenile's case to the circuit court for trial as an adult.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Mental health courts; any district court or circuit court may establish. [SB-820]
Mental health courts. Provides that any district court or circuit court may establish a mental health court, which is a separate court docket within the existing calendar of a district or circuit court offering judicial monitoring of the treatment and supervision of certain individuals with mental illness who are under the jurisdiction of the criminal court. The court is required to (i) identify eligible individuals; (ii) obtain services from a willing local community services board or behavioral health authority serving the territorial jurisdiction
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Civil cases; increases filing fees to finance judicial salaries. [SB-816]
Fees for civil cases; judicial salaries. Increases civil filing fees by $50 to finance judicial salaries.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Circuit courts; creates local fee retention funding method for clerks' offices. [SB-258]
Funding of circuit court clerks' offices; fees. Creates a local fee retention funding method for circuit court clerks' offices in which the clerk retains fees locally and pays 20 percent of gross fees to the state to be held by the Compensation Board in a trust fund beginning July 1, 2012. Currently, fees are paid to the state and apportioned by the Compensation Board back to localities. The trust fund created would be used to fund those offices that did not receive enough revenue in fees to maintain operations. The bill also gives the clerk discretion
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Juveniles; right in certain violent felony cases to appeal to circuit court. [SB-205]
Courts not of record; circuit court hearing; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals. Provides in certain violent felony cases for a juvenile's right to appeal to the circuit court, the attorney for the Commonwealth's decision to certify that the juvenile's case be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. If the juvenile appeals the decision to transfer, the circuit court will conduct a hearing on the merits, using factors currently used by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for transfer
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Circuit courts; City of Virginia Beach to assume salaries and expenses of clerk's office. [SB-199]
Compensation and expenses of clerks of certain circuit courts; Virginia Beach. Requires the City of Virginia Beach to assume the salaries and expenses of the circuit court clerk's office and allows the City to retain the funds the office collects.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Clerks; may provide official certificates and certified records in digital form, etc. [SB-1369]
Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings. Clarifies that clerks may provide official certificates and certified records in digital form of any document maintained by the clerk. The bill also confirms the clerks' authority to perform notarial acts. The bill also makes various changes to clerks' duties regarding electronic filing.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Court records; secure remote access restrictions do not apply to secure access by attorneys, etc. [SB-1274]
Secure remote access to court records. Provides that restrictions on the secure remote access to court records do not apply to secure access by attorneys in good standing with the Virginia State Bar and their authorized agents and attorneys admitted to practice pro hac vice. The bill also permits secure remote access by governmental agencies authorized by the clerk.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Courts; establishes new boundaries for judicial circuits and districts. [SB-1240]
Courts of record; courts not of record; judicial circuits and districts; number of judges. Establishes new boundaries for the various judicial circuits and districts of the Commonwealth and reallocates the number of judges serving such circuits and districts. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is effective July 1, 2012.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Hearings in Supreme Court of Virginia; complaints filed by Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. [SB-1230]
Hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. Clarifies that the hearings allowed under the Constitution related to complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission are to be evidentiary hearings and that both the Commission and the judge are entitled to present evidence and argument during such hearings subject to any scheduling orders issued by the Court.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Protective orders; expands class of persons eligible to obtain. [SB-1222]
Protective orders; availability; penalty. Renames "protective orders for stalking" as "protective orders" and expands the class of persons that is eligible to obtain a protective order by enlarging the types of conduct that permit the issuance of a protective order from certain specified criminal acts to any act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. Such protective orders are available based on such conduct, regardless of the relationship
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Protective orders; expands class of persons who may be issued order from victims of stalking, etc. [SB-1091]
Protective order; grounds. Expands the class of persons who may be issued a protective order from victims of stalking, sexual battery, aggravated sexual battery, or a criminal offense resulting in serious bodily injury to any party who is or has been subjected to conduct that causes a reasonable apprehension of death, criminal sexual assault, or bodily injury. The bill also authorizes protective orders to be issued based on the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the respondent for certain crimes. The protective order may be issued irrespective
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Circuit court clerks; collection of fees. [SB-1068]
Fees collected by circuit court clerks. Clarifies that the filing of a counterclaim or any other responsive pleading in annulment, divorce and separate maintenance proceedings is not subject to the $60 fee charged by circuit court clerks. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Transportation agency efficiencies & cost recoveries; exempts VDOT, etc., paying remote access fee. [SB-1004]
Transportation agency efficiencies and cost recoveries. Exempts the Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) from paying any fee for remote access to land records; provides for VDOT to recommend to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) an annual rate to be used by VDOT to make payments for maintenance; deletes references to the statewide maintenance cost index, the base lane per mile rate, and fund allocation; and adds language indicating that total payments are not to exceed CTB allocations.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-52]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.