19.2-35 - Appointment; supervision generally. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-35. Appointment; supervision generally.

Magistrates and any other personnel in the office of the magistrate shall beappointed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia inconsultation with the chief judges of the circuit courts having jurisdictionwithin the region. Each magistrate shall be appointed to serve one or more ofthe magisterial regions created by the Executive Secretary. Each magisterialregion shall be comprised of one or more judicial districts. The ExecutiveSecretary shall have full supervisory authority over the magistrates soappointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the only methods forthe selection of magistrates shall be as set out in this section.

No person shall be appointed under this section until he has submitted hisfingerprints to be used for the conduct of a national criminal records searchand a Virginia criminal history records search. No person with a criminalconviction for a felony shall be appointed as a magistrate.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-383; 1973, c. 545; 1974, c. 484; 1975, c. 495; 1976, c.138; 1981, c. 4; 1988, c. 511; 2002, c. 310; 2004, cc. 370, 452; 2008, cc.551, 691.)