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No appeal shall be allowed unless a notice of appeal is filed in the circuit court within 15 days after the date on which the final judgment of the court is entered and unless the appealing party’s opening brief is filed with the Court of Appeals within 30 days after the date on which the final judgment of the court is entered. When a notice of appeal is timely and properly filed with the clerk of the circuit court, the clerk shall certify and transmit the record to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals within 30 days after the date on which the final judgment of the circuit court is entered and the Court of Appeals shall give the appeal an expedited review. Failure of the clerk to comply with this requirement shall not affect the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals to consider the appeal.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1298344,"text":"An appeal from the final judgment of the circuit court in a bond validation proceeding may be taken to the Court of Appeals. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 640; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1991, chapter 668; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 679<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":348112,"section_number":"15.2-2657","catch_line":"Decree validating bonds binding and conclusive","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2657\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383183,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348111,"identifier":"15.2-2656","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2656","url":"\/15.2-2656\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2656\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/6\/15.2-2656","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2656","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An appeal from the final judgment<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in a bond<\/span> validation proceeding may be taken to the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span>. No appeal shall be allowed unless a notice of appeal<\/span> is filed in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> within 15 days after the date on which the final judgment<\/span> of the court<\/span> is entered and unless the appealing party<\/span>’s opening brief<\/span> is filed with the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> within 30 days after the date on which the final judgment<\/span> of the court<\/span> is entered. When a notice of appeal<\/span> is timely and properly filed with the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, the clerk shall certify and transmit the record to the Clerk of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> within 30 days after the date on which the final judgment<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> is entered and the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall give the appeal an expedited review. Failure of the clerk to comply with this requirement shall not affect the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> to consider the appeal.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEALS (\u00a7 15.2-2656)\n\nAn appeal from the final judgment of the circuit court in a bond validation\nproceeding may be taken to the Court of Appeals. No appeal shall be allowed\nunless a notice of appeal is filed in the circuit court within 15 days after the\ndate on which the final judgment of the court is entered and unless the\nappealing party’s opening brief is filed with the Court of Appeals within\n30 days after the date on which the final judgment of the court is entered. When\na notice of appeal is timely and properly filed with the clerk of the circuit\ncourt, the clerk shall certify and transmit the record to the Clerk of the Court\nof Appeals within 30 days after the date on which the final judgment of the\ncircuit court is entered and the Court of Appeals shall give the appeal an\nexpedited review. Failure of the clerk to comply with this requirement shall not\naffect the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals to consider the appeal.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-666.60; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-219; 1991,\nc. 668, \u00a7 15.1-227.58; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 679; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}