16.1-69.28 - Commitment of insane, etc., persons. - Virginia Statutes

§ 16.1-69.28. Commitment of insane, etc., persons.

A judge of a district court shall have and may exercise, concurrently withspecial justices appointed for the purpose, the jurisdiction conferred bygeneral law upon justices, and special justices in all matters in connectionwith the adjudication and commitment of incapacitated persons, includingdrug-addicted and inebriate persons, and the institution and conduct ofproceedings thereof. Such proceedings may be had at any place within thejurisdiction of the court over which such judge presides.

(1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1997, c. 801.)