City of Portsmouth, Virginia (Judicial)

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City of Portsmouth, Virginia

The people of the City of Portsmouth are served by a Circuit Court, a District Court and Magistrates.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has jurisdiction in the City of Portsmouth. Appeals from the Eastern District of Virginia go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.


Circuit Court

Virginia 3rd Judicial Circuit


District Court

Virginia 3rd Judicial District


Magistrate Court

Virginia Magisterial Region 7


See also

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Virginia's Judicial System, "All Circuit Courts (Directory)," accessed August 26, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Virginia.gov, "Judicial Vacancies," April 17, 2013
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