17.1-515 - Jurisdiction formerly in county courts. - Virginia Statutes

§ 17.1-515. Jurisdiction formerly in county courts.

The jurisdiction and powers which were vested in the county courts and thejudges and officers thereof, respectively, on January 31, 1904, by the lawsof this Commonwealth or under any will or other instrument of writing shallbe vested in, exercised by and imposed upon the circuit courts and the judgesand officers thereof, except when otherwise specially provided.

All such acts and proceedings of the circuit courts, judges and officersthereof, respectively, whether de jure or de facto officers, done or hadsince January 31, 1904, as may hereafter be done under this section, arehereby ratified and made valid.

(Code 1919, § 5891, § 17-124; 1998, c. 872.)