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1995 SESSION
LD6380212Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16.1-122.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 16.1-122.1. Small claims court; designated.
Each general district court in any judicial district encompassing (i) a
county having a population in excess of 300,000, and (ii) beginning on July
1, 1991, and continuing through June 30, 1993, a county having a population
of more than 152,000 and less than 153,000, according to the 1980 United
States Census shall have a small claims division which shall be designated
the small claims court. The general district court in the
following jurisdictions may establish a small claims division to be
designated a small claims court:
1. Fairfax County;
2. Arlington County;
3. Culpeper County;
4. Stafford County;
5. Lancaster County;
6. Albemarle County; and
7. City of Hopewell.
Additionally, the governing body of any other county or city may adopt an
ordinance a resolution seeking to establish within the general
district court in its locality a small claims division, which shall be
designated a small claims court. In the event that two localities share a
general district court, a small claims division shall not be established
unless the governing bodies in both localities adopt such ordinance
resolution.
An ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority of this section shall not
become effective A small claims court shall not be created in
localities requesting such a court unless the General Assembly adopts an
act specifically authorizing creation of a small claims division for the
locality, or the localities which share a general district court.