Code of Virginia - Title 17.1 Courts Of Record - Chapter 4 The Court Of Appeals

  • 17.1-400 Creation and organization; election and terms of judges; oath; vacancies; qualifications; incompati...
    A. The Court of Appeals of Virginia is hereby established effective January 1, 1985. It shall consist of 11 judges who shall be elected for ...
  • 17.1-401 Senior judge
    A. Any chief judge or judge of the Court of Appeals who is eligible for retirement, other than for disability, with the consent of a ...
  • 17.1-402 Sessions; panels; quorum; presiding judges; hearings en banc
    A. The Court of Appeals shall sit at such locations within the Commonwealth as the chief judge, upon consultation with the other judges of the ...
  • 17.1-403 Rules of practice, procedure, and internal processes; promulgation by Supreme Court; amendments; su...
    The Supreme Court shall prescribe and publish the initial rules governing practice, procedure, and internal processes for the Court of Appeals designed to achieve the ...
  • 17.1-404 Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions, writs of mandamus, prohibition and ha...
    The Court of Appeals shall have authority to punish for contempt. A judge of the Court of Appeals shall exercise initially the authority concerning injunctions ...
  • 17.1-405 Appellate jurisdiction - Administrative agency, Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, and dom...
    Any aggrieved party may appeal to the Court of Appeals from: 1. Any final decision of a circuit court on appeal from (i) a decision ...
  • 17.1-406 Petitions for appeal; cases over which Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction
    A. Any aggrieved party may present a petition for appeal to the Court of Appeals from (i) any final conviction in a circuit court of ...
  • 17.1-407 Procedures on appeal
    A. The notice of appeal in all cases within the jurisdiction of the court shall be filed with the clerk of the trial court or ...
  • 17.1-408 Time for filing; notice; petition
    The notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals shall be filed in every case within the court's appellate jurisdiction as provided in § 8.01-675.3. ...
  • 17.1-409 Certification to the Supreme Court
    A. In any case in which an appeal has been taken to or filed with the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court in its discretion, ...
  • 17.1-410 Disposition of appeals; finality of decisions
    A. Each appeal of right taken to the Court of Appeals and each appeal for which a petition for appeal has been granted shall be ...
  • 17.1-411 Review by the Supreme Court
    Except where the decision of the Court of Appeals is made final under § 17.1-410 or § 19.2-408, any party aggrieved by a final decision ...
  • 17.1-412 Affirmance, reversal, or modification of judgment; petition for appeal to Supreme Court upon award ...
    A judgment, order, conviction, or decree of a circuit court or award of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission may be affirmed, or it may be ...
  • 17.1-413 Opinions; reporting, printing and electronic publication
    A. The Court of Appeals shall state in writing the reasons for its decision (i) rejecting a petition for appeal or (ii) deciding a case ...
  • 17.1-414 Facilities and supplies
    A. The Court of Appeals shall be housed in the City of Richmond and, if practicable, in the same building occupied by the Supreme Court. ...
  • 17.1-415 Compensation for judges; expenses
    The judges of the Court of Appeals shall receive from the Commonwealth an annual salary that shall be fixed in the general appropriations act and ...
  • 17.1-416 Clerk; seal; deputies and other employees; clerk's fees
    There shall be a clerk of the Court of Appeals, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Court of Appeals. ...
  • 17.1-417 Support staff
    Each judge of the Court of Appeals shall be entitled to the services of such support staff as shall be authorized by and paid from ...
  • 17.1-418 Fees charged by Clerk of the Court of Appeals
    The Clerk of the Court of Appeals shall charge the following fees: 1. For filing a notice of appeal or initiating any matter under the ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009