2020 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, ยง 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703; 2017, cc. 651, 652.
