General District Courts of Virginia

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court of limited jurisdiction trial court system

The General District Courts of Virginia are trial courts of limited jurisdiction that handle traffic violations, misdemeanors, and civil cases involving smaller monetary claims across the Commonwealth.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Virginia General District Court system	1
Virginia general district courts	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ trial court system ⓘ
appealsGoTo	Circuit Courts of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
canIssue	protective orders ⓘ summonses ⓘ warrants ⓘ
conducts	preliminary hearings in felony cases ⓘ
createdBy	Virginia General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotHaveJurisdictionOver	felony trials ⓘ
fundedBy	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Code of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
handles	civil cases involving smaller monetary claims ⓘ misdemeanor criminal cases ⓘ traffic violations ⓘ
hasAppealType	de novo appeal to circuit court ⓘ
hasCivilJurisdiction	claims up to a statutory monetary limit ⓘ
hasClerk	clerk of the general district court ⓘ
hasCriminalJurisdictionOver	Class 1 misdemeanors ⓘ Class 2 misdemeanors ⓘ Class 3 misdemeanors ⓘ Class 4 misdemeanors ⓘ traffic infractions ⓘ
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ criminal division ⓘ traffic division ⓘ
hasGeographicOrganization	organized by city and county ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	general district court judge ⓘ
hasJudicialOfficer	magistrate ⓘ
hasLevel	court of first instance ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.vacourts.gov/courts/gd/home.html ⓘ
hasSmallClaimsDivision	Small Claims Court in each general district court ⓘ
hears	small claims matters through small claims divisions ⓘ unlawful detainer (eviction) actions within monetary limits ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
location	various courthouses throughout Virginia ⓘ
partOf	Judicial System of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordsMaintained	case dockets ⓘ judgments ⓘ traffic case records ⓘ
standardOfProofCivil	preponderance of the evidence ⓘ
standardOfProofCriminal	beyond a reasonable doubt ⓘ
subjectTo	Virginia Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ oversight of Supreme Court of Virginia ⓘ
uses	Virginia Rules of Court NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judicial System of Virginia → hasComponent → General District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

Fairfax County General District Court → partOf → General District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia General District Court system

Court of Appeals of Virginia → reviewsDecisionsFrom → General District Courts of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia general district courts

Judicial System of Virginia → trialCourtOfLimitedJurisdiction → General District Courts of Virginia ⓘ