16.1-69.27 - Additional powers of judges.
§ 16.1-69.27. Additional powers of judges.
A judge of a district court may take affidavits and administer oaths andaffirmations in all matters and proceedings, may issue all appropriate ordersor writs, including orders appointing guardians ad litem in all proper cases,in aid of the jurisdiction conferred upon him, and may certify transcripts ofthe records and proceedings of the court for use elsewhere. But he shall haveno authority to take acknowledgments to deeds or other writings for purposesof recordation.
(1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.)