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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 859<\/a> and 949<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":349613,"section_number":"16.1-269.6","catch_line":"Circuit court hearing; jury; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.6\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":349608,"section_number":"16.1-269.1","catch_line":"Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1388693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349611,"identifier":"16.1-269.4","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.4","url":"\/16.1-269.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-269.4\/","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer to circuit court; appeal by juvenile","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-269.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the juvenile court<\/span> transfers the case pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-269.1<\/a>, the juvenile may, within ten days after the juvenile court<\/span>’s final decision, file a notice of appeal<\/span> of the decision to the appropriate circuit<\/span> court. A copy of the notice shall be furnished at the same time to the attorney for the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER TO CIRCUIT COURT; APPEAL BY JUVENILE (\u00a7 16.1-269.4)\n\nIf the juvenile court transfers the case pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7\n16.1-269.1, the juvenile may, within ten days after the juvenile court’s\nfinal decision, file a notice of appeal of the decision to the appropriate\ncircuit court. A copy of the notice shall be furnished at the same time to the\nattorney for the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 859, 949; 1996, cc. 755, 914.","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"}}