Courts of Virginia

Courts of Virginia include:

State courts of Virginia
  • Supreme Court of Virginia
    • Court of Appeals of Virginia
      • Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits)
        • Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts)
        • Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts)

Federal courts located in Virginia

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (headquartered in Richmond, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Former federal courts of Virginia

  • United States District Court for the District of Virginia (extinct, subdivided)
  • United States District Court for the District of Potomac (1801-1802; also contained the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland; extinct, reorganized)
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