CHAPTER 502

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-157, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to removal of matters from one to another court of record.

[H 519]
Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8-157, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 8-157. (a) A circuit, corporation or city court wherein a suit,
motion, or other civil proceeding is pending, or the judge thereof in
vacation, may, on motion by any party, after twenty days’ notice to the
adverse party or his attorney, and for good cause shown, order any suit,
motion, or other civil proceeding pending therein, to be removed to any
other court having jurisdiction of the subject matter. Good cause shall be
deemed to include, but not to be limited to, the avoidance of inconvenience
to the parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice.

(b) A circuit court wherein a suit, motion, or other civil proceeding
is pending, or the judge thereof in vacation, may, on motion by, or with
the consent of, all parties thereto, order any suit, motion or other civil
proceeding pending therein to be removed to any other court of record
within the same judicial circuit, such removal to be subject to approval
of the court to which the removal is sought.