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VA Code § 8.01-653 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-653. Mandamus to secure construction of act directing payment out of treasury of the Commonwealth

Whenever the Comptroller or the Treasurer of the Commonwealth shall notify the Attorney General, in writing, that they, or either of them, entertain such doubt respecting the proper construction or interpretation of any act of the General Assembly which appropriates or directs the payment of money out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, or respecting the constitutionality of any such act, that they, or either of them, do not feel that it would be proper or safe to pay such money until there has been a final adjudication by the Supreme Court determining any and all such questions, and that, for such reason, they will not make payments pursuant to such act until such adjudication has been made, the Attorney General may file in such court a petition for a writ of mandamus directing or requiring the Comptroller or Treasurer of the Commonwealth, or both, to pay such money as provided by any such act at such time in the future as may be proper. In order to avoid delays in payments after the time for making them has arrived, any such petition may be filed at any time after the passage of any such act although the time for making such payments has not arrived and no demand for such payments has been made. In any such proceeding the court shall consider and determine all questions raised by the Attorney General's petition pertaining to the constitutionality or interpretation of any such act, even though some of such questions may not be necessary to the decision of the question of the duty of such Comptroller and Treasurer of the Commonwealth to make payment of the moneys appropriated or directed to be paid.The Comptroller and the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, or either of them, as the case may be, shall be made a party or parties defendant to any such petition and the court may, in its discretion, cause such other officers or persons to be made parties defendant as it may deem proper, and may make such order respecting the employment of an attorney or attorneys for any officer of the Commonwealth who is a party defendant as may be appropriate. The compensation of any such attorney shall be fixed by such court and upon its order paid out of the appropriation to the office or department of any such public officer represented by any such attorney in such proceeding.Code 1950, § 8-714; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-653.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-653.1. Mandamus to secure construction of act granting power to incur certain obligations for transportation needs

Whenever the Comptroller notifies the Attorney General in writing that he entertains doubt respecting the constitutionality of any act of the General Assembly granting an agency of the Commonwealth or other governmental board or entity of the Commonwealth general powers to incur obligations for transportation needs where such obligations are subject to authorization by the General Assembly, the Attorney General shall file in the Supreme Court a petition for a writ of mandamus directing or requiring the Comptroller to pay the money as provided by any such act at such time in the future as may be proper. In order to expedite long-term planning by such an agency of the Commonwealth or other governmental board or entity of the Commonwealth and expedite its advice to the Governor and the General Assembly on possible alternative means of financing Virginia's transportation needs, the petition may be filed after the enactment date of any such act, although (i) the General Assembly may not have enacted legislation specifically authorizing such an agency of the Commonwealth or other governmental board or entity of the Commonwealth to enter into specific obligations under its general authority or (ii) if such specific obligations have been authorized, the time for making payments has not arrived and no demand for payment has been made. The court shall consider and determine all questions raised by the Attorney General's petition pertaining to the constitutionality or interpretation of any such act, even though some of the questions may not be necessary to the decision regarding the duty of the Comptroller to make payment of the moneys appropriated or directed to be paid.The Comptroller shall be made a party defendant to the petition. The court may, in its discretion, cause other officers or persons to be made parties defendant as it may deem proper, and may make such order respecting the employment of an attorney or attorneys for any officer of the Commonwealth who is a party defendant as may be appropriate. The compensation of any attorney so employed shall be fixed by the court and upon its order paid out of the appropriation to the office or department of the public officer represented by the attorney in the proceeding.1986, Sp. Sess., cc. 14, 16.
VA Code § 8.01-658 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-658. When and from whom response required; dismissal of habeas petition without prejudice

A. Except as may be provided in the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia, no response to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus shall be required except upon an order of the court, directed to the person in whose custody the petitioner is detained or on the person having the immediate or potential custody of him, and made returnable as soon as may be before the court ordering the same.B. When the petition challenges a criminal conviction or sentence:1. If the petitioner is in jail, prison, or other actual physical restraint due to the conviction or sentence he is attacking, the named respondent shall be (i) the Director of the Department of Corrections or the warden or superintendent of the state correctional facility where the petitioner is detained if the petitioner has been committed to, or is subject to transfer to, the Department of Corrections or (ii) the sheriff or superintendent of a local or regional jail facility if the petitioner's sentence will be served in such local or regional jail facility.2. If the petitioner is on probation or parole due to the conviction or sentence he is attacking, the named respondent shall be the probation or parole officer responsible for supervising the applicant or the official in charge of the parole or probation agency.3. If a petitioner has a suspended sentence and is not under supervision by a probation or parole officer, the respondent shall be (i) the local sheriff if the judgment of conviction the petitioner challenges has a suspended sentence of less than one year or (ii) the Director of the Department of Corrections if the judgment of conviction the petitioner challenges has a suspended sentence of one year or more.C. The petitioner shall name a proper party respondent, and if he fails to do so, the court may allow amendment of the petition. If the petitioner fails to amend the petition by naming a proper party respondent in the time provided by the court, the court in which the petition is filed shall dismiss the habeas petition without prejudice.D. If the court in which the petition was filed determines that the petitioner's allegations present a case for the determination of unrecorded matters of fact relating to a previous judicial proceeding in any circuit court, the court may transfer the petition to the circuit court in which such judicial proceeding occurred, or if the petition was filed in the Supreme Court, the Court may require the circuit court in which such judicial proceeding occurred to conduct an evidentiary hearing, in accordance with such procedures as may be set forth in the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia.Code 1950, § 8-599; 1977, c. 617; 2015, c. 554; 2019, cc. 8, 48.
VA Code § 8.01-660 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-660. When affidavits may be read

In the discretion of the court or judge before whom the petitioner is brought, the affidavits of witnesses taken by either party, on reasonable notice to the other, may be read as evidence.Code 1950, § 8-601; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-661 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-661. Facts proved may be made part of record

All the material facts proved shall, when it is required by either party, be made a part of the proceedings and entered by the clerk among the records of the court.Code 1950, § 8-602; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-662 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-662. Judgment of court or judge trying it; payment of costs and expenses when petition denied

After hearing the matter both upon the response and any other evidence, the court shall either discharge or remand the petitioner, grant him any other relief to which he is entitled, or admit him to bail and adjudge the cost of the proceeding, including the charge for transporting the prisoner, provided, however, that if the petition is denied, the costs and expenses of the proceeding and the attorney fees of any attorney appointed to represent the petitioner shall be assessed against the petitioner. If such cost, expenses, and fees are collected, they shall be paid to the Commonwealth.When relief is granted upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the order granting relief on the writ shall be served on the respondent and the petitioner. Service may, in the court's discretion, be accomplished by personal service or by transmitting a certified copy of the order to the parties via regular or certified mail, a third-party commercial carrier, or electronic delivery.Code 1950, § 8-603; 1968, c. 482; 1977, c. 617; 2019, cc. 8, 48.
VA Code § 8.01-663 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-663. Judgment conclusive

Any such judgment entered of record shall be conclusive, unless the same be reversed, except that the petitioner shall not be precluded from bringing the same matter in question in an action for false imprisonment.Code 1950, § 8-605; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-664 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-664. How and when Supreme Court summoned to try appeal therefrom

If, during the recess of the Supreme Court, the Governor or the Chief Justice of the Court should think the immediate revision of any such judgment to be proper, he may summon the Court for that purpose, to meet on any day to be fixed by him.Code 1950, § 8-606; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-665 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-665. When execution of judgment suspended; when prisoner admitted to bail

When the prisoner is remanded, the execution of the judgment shall not be suspended by a petition for appeal or by a writ of error, or for the purpose of applying for such writ. When he is ordered to be discharged, and the execution of the judgment is suspended for the purpose of petitioning for appeal to the Court of Appeals or applying for a writ of error from the Supreme Court, the court making such suspending order may admit the prisoner to bail until the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition for appeal or applying for the writ of error, or, in case the petition for appeal is filed or the writ of error is allowed, until the decision of the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court thereon is duly certified.Code 1950, § 8-607; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.
VA Code § 8.01-666 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-666. When and by whom writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum granted

Writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum may be granted by any circuit court in the same manner and under the same conditions and provisions as are prescribed by this chapter as to granting the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum so far as the same are applicable.Code 1950, § 8-608; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-667 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-667. Transmission of records to federal court

Whenever any habeas corpus case is pending in a federal court, upon written request of the Attorney General or any assistant attorney general, a court of this Commonwealth shall transmit to such federal court such records as may be requested.Code 1950, § 8-608.1; 1975, c. 389; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-668 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs|§ 8.01-668. Writ de homine abolished

The writ de homine replegiando is abolished.Code 1950, § 8-609; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-669 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-669. Definitions

As used in Chapters 26, 26.1 and 26.2, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:"Judgment" includes a decree, order, finding, or award."Petitioner" means a party who petitions to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court for an appeal."Appellant" means any aggrieved party who has an appeal of right or who has been granted an appeal by the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court."Appellate court" means either the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, or both as the context may indicate.1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.
VA Code § 8.01-670 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-670. (Effective until January 1, 2022) in what cases awarded

A. Except as provided by § 17.1-405, any person may present a petition for an appeal to the Supreme Court if he believes himself aggrieved:1. By any judgment in a controversy concerning:a. The title to or boundaries of land,b. The condemnation of property,c. The probate of a will,d. The appointment or qualification of a personal representative, guardian, conservator, committee, or curator,e. A mill, roadway, ferry, wharf, or landing,f. The right of the Commonwealth, or a county, or municipal corporation to levy tolls or taxes, org. The construction of any statute, ordinance, or county proceeding imposing taxes; or2. By the order of a court refusing a writ of quo warranto or by the final judgment on any such writ; or3. By a final judgment in any other civil case.B. Except as provided by § 17.1-405, any party may present a petition for an appeal to the Supreme Court in any case on an equitable claim wherein there is an interlocutory decree or order:1. Granting, dissolving or denying an injunction; or2. Requiring money to be paid or the possession or title of property to be changed; or3. Adjudicating the principles of a cause.C. Except in cases where appeal from a final judgment lies in the Court of Appeals, as provided in § 17.1-405, any party may present a petition pursuant to § 8.01-670.1 for appeal to the Supreme Court.Code 1950, § 8-462; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703; 1997, c. 801; 2002, c. 107; 2005, c. 681.
VA Code § 8.01-670 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-670. (Effective January 1, 2022) in what cases awarded

A. Except as provided by § 17.1-405, any person may present a petition for an appeal to the Supreme Court if he believes himself aggrieved:1. By any judgment in a controversy concerning:a. The title to or boundaries of land,b. The condemnation of property,c. The probate of a will,d. The appointment or qualification of a personal representative, guardian, conservator, committee, or curator,e. A mill, roadway, ferry, wharf, or landing,f. The right of the Commonwealth, or a county, or municipal corporation to levy tolls or taxes, org. The construction of any statute, ordinance, or county proceeding imposing taxes; or2. By the order of a court refusing a writ of quo warranto or by the final judgment on any such writ; or3. By a final judgment in any other civil case.B. Except as provided by § 17.1-405, any party may present a petition for an appeal to the Supreme Court in any case on an equitable claim wherein there is an interlocutory decree or order:1. Granting, dissolving or denying an injunction; or2. Requiring money to be paid or the possession or title of property to be changed; or3. Adjudicating the principles of a cause.C. Except in cases where appeal from a final judgment lies in the Court of Appeals, as provided in § 17.1-405, any party may present a petition pursuant to § 8.01-670.1 for appeal to the Supreme Court.Code 1950, § 8-462; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703; 1997, c. 801; 2002, c. 107; 2005, c. 681.
VA Code § 8.01-671 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-671. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Time within which petition must be presented

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the Supreme Court, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court from any final judgment whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, (i) which shall have been rendered more than 90 days before the petition is presented, provided that a 30-day extension may be granted, in the discretion of the court, in order to attain the ends of justice, or (ii) if it be an appeal from a final decree refusing a bill of review to a decree rendered more than 120 days prior thereto, unless the petition is presented within 90 days from the date of such decree.B. When an appeal from an interlocutory decree or order is permitted, the petition for appeal shall be presented within the appropriate time limitation set forth in subsection A.C. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appeals shall be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within 30 days after the date of the decision appealed from.Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703; 2017, cc. 651, 652.
VA Code § 8.01-671 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-671. (Effective January 1, 2022) Time within which petition must be presented

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the Supreme Court, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court from any final judgment whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, (i) which shall have been rendered more than 90 days before the petition is presented, provided that a 30-day extension may be granted, in the discretion of the court, in order to attain the ends of justice, or (ii) if it be an appeal from a final decree refusing a bill of review to a decree rendered more than 120 days prior thereto, unless the petition is presented within 90 days from the date of such decree.B. When an appeal from an interlocutory decree or order is permitted, the petition for appeal shall be presented within the appropriate time limitation set forth in subsection A.C. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appeals shall be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within 30 days after the date of the decision appealed from.Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703; 2017, cc. 651, 652.
VA Code § 8.01-673 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-673. Inspection and return of records; certiorari when part of record is omitted; binding or retention of records

A. The Supreme Court may, when a case has before been in an appellate court, inspect the record upon the former appeal; and the court may, in any case, after reasonable notice to counsel in the appellate court, award a writ of certiorari to the clerk of the court below, and have brought before it, when part of a record is omitted, the whole or any part of such record.B. When an appeal is refused or after it has been allowed and decided, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall return the record to the clerk of the circuit court or other tribunal. The clerk of such court or tribunal shall return the record upon the request of the Clerk of the Supreme Court. As soon as a case is decided, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall cause the appendix and the briefs of counsel to be recorded and preserved in any manner which meets archival standards as recommended by the Archives and Records Division of The Library of Virginia.The manuscript of the record in a case in which an opinion was delivered prior to 1950 by the Supreme Court upon refusal of an appeal shall not be destroyed and shall be retained by the clerk of such court in his files.Code 1950, §§ 8-473, 8-501; 1974, c. 532; 1977, cc. 449, 617; 1984, c. 703; 1988, c. 324; 1994, c. 64.
VA Code § 8.01-674 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-674. With whom filed; endorsement thereon; reference to justice or justices; when deemed to be filed

The petition for appeal to the Supreme Court shall be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The Clerk shall endorse thereon the day and year he received it and shall refer it to one or more justices of the Supreme Court as the Court shall direct. A petition shall, for the purposes of § 8.01-671, be deemed to be timely filed if it is mailed postage prepaid to the Clerk by registered or certified mail and if the official postal receipt therefor is exhibited upon the demand of the Clerk or any party and it shows mailing within the prescribed time limits.Code 1950, § 8-475; 1976, c. 615; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.
VA Code § 8.01-675.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-675.1. When dismissal final; when reinstated

After the dismissal of an appeal by the Supreme Court, no other appeal shall be allowed to or from the same judgment. When an appeal is dismissed by reason of the nonpayment of the writ tax within the time required by law, the Court at its first session after such dismissal may on motion of any party for good cause shown and upon payment of such tax set aside the dismissal; and thereupon the appeal may be perfected as though no such dismissal had taken place. A motion under this section shall be made only after reasonable notice to the adverse party or his counsel.1984, c. 703.
VA Code § 8.01-675.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 26 - Appeals to the Supreme Court|§ 8.01-675.2. Rehearing

The Supreme Court, on the petition of a party, shall rehear and review any case decided by such court if one of the justices who decides the case adversely to the petitioner certifies that in his opinion there is good cause for such rehearing. However, a notice of a petition for rehearing shall be filed as provided by the Rules of Court and the petition for rehearing shall be filed within thirty days after the entry of the judgment with the clerk, who shall note the date of such filing on the order book. The judgment resulting from any such rehearing shall be entered forthwith by the clerk who shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the clerk of the court below, to be entered by him as provided by § 8.01-685.1984, c. 703.