{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.12","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 16.1-69.12","heading":"Limitations on practice of law by judges","body":"(a) A general district court judge or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge elected as a full-time judge for a term commencing on or after July 1, 1980, shall be prohibited from engaging in the practice of law.(b) [Repealed.](c) Substitute judges shall not appear as counsel in any civil or criminal case arising out of the circumstances which were involved in any other case brought before them.1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1980, c. 194.","path":["Title 16.1. COURTS NOT OF RECORD","Chapter 4.1. DISTRICT COURTS","Article 2. DISTRICTS; DISTRICT COURTS AND JUDGES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/16.1-69.12/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:24Z","sha256":"d9c0267e484402c9cd25e73cda1d9d577b640cca764163c2d75c4f10bc8b4107","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.11-1","next":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}