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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 382 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1506547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377791,"identifier":"8.01-677.1","token":"8.01\/26.2\/2\/8.01-677.1","url":"\/8.01-677.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-677.1\/","token":"8.01\/26.2\/2\/8.01-677.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeals filed in inappropriate appellate court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-677.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, no appeal<\/span> which was otherwise properly and timely filed shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction<\/span> solely because it was filed in either the Supreme Court<\/span> or the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> and the appellate<\/span> court<\/span> in which it was filed thereafter rules that it should have been filed in the other court<\/span>. In such event, the appellate<\/span> court<\/span> so ruling shall transfer the appeal<\/span> to the appellate<\/span> court<\/span> having appropriate jurisdiction<\/span> for further proceedings in accordance with the rules of the latter court<\/span>. The parties shall be allowed a reasonable time to file such additional or amended pleadings<\/span> as may be appropriate to proceed with the appeal<\/span> in the appellate<\/span> court<\/span> to which the appeal<\/span> is transferred.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEALS FILED IN INAPPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURT (\u00a7 8.01-677.1)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, no appeal which was otherwise\nproperly and timely filed shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction solely\nbecause it was filed in either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals and the\nappellate court in which it was filed thereafter rules that it should have been\nfiled in the other court. In such event, the appellate court so ruling shall\ntransfer the appeal to the appellate court having appropriate jurisdiction for\nfurther proceedings in accordance with the rules of the latter court. The\nparties shall be allowed a reasonable time to file such additional or amended\npleadings as may be appropriate to proceed with the appeal in the appellate\ncourt to which the appeal is transferred.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 382.","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"}}