16.1-69.8 - Existing courts continued and redesignated; exception.
§ 16.1-69.8. Existing courts continued and redesignated; exception.
The present system of courts not of record is continued as follows on andafter July 1, 1973:
(a) The county court in each county shall continue as the general districtcourt of such county with the same powers and with territorial jurisdictionover such county and over any city within the county for which a municipalcourt with general civil or criminal jurisdiction or separate generaldistrict court has not been established.
(b) The municipal court or courts in each city, excluding courts of limitedjurisdiction established pursuant to Chapter 5 (§ 16.1-70 et seq.) of thistitle and juvenile and domestic relations courts, shall continue as thegeneral district court of the city with the same powers and territorialjurisdiction over such city; provided that in the case of more than one suchmunicipal court in operation in any city, all such courts shall be merged onJuly 1, 1973, and their powers and territorial jurisdiction merged in thegeneral district court.
(c) The juvenile and domestic relations court of each county and city shallcontinue as the juvenile and domestic relations district court of the countyor city with the same powers and territorial jurisdiction as heretoforeprovided.
(d) The municipal court of any town and/or other court of any town havinggeneral civil and criminal jurisdiction however called shall be abolished andall jurisdiction and power conferred upon any such court shall pass to and beexercised by the district courts having jurisdiction over the county whereinthe town is located.
(1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.)