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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67392,"identifier":"17.1-309","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-309","url":"\/17.1-309\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-309\/","token":"17.1\/3\/1\/17.1-309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of writs of mandamus and prohibition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Supreme Court<\/span> shall have jurisdiction<\/span> to issue<\/span> writs<\/span> of mandamus and prohibition to the circuit<\/span> and district courts<\/span>, the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span>, and to the State Corporation Commission and in all other cases in which such writs<\/span>, respectively, would lie according to the principles of the common law<\/span>. Provided that no writ of mandamus<\/span>, prohibition or any other summary process whatever shall issue<\/span> in any case of the collection of revenue or attempt to collect the same, or to compel the collecting officers to receive anything in payment of taxes except such money as is legal tender for the payment of revenue, or in any case arising out of the collection of revenue in which the applicant for the writ of process has any other remedy adequate for the protection and enforcement of his individual right, claim and demand, if just.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF WRITS OF MANDAMUS AND PROHIBITION (\u00a7 17.1-309)\n\nThe Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus and\nprohibition to the circuit and district courts, the Court of Appeals, and to the\nState Corporation Commission and in all other cases in which such writs,\nrespectively, would lie according to the principles of the common law. Provided\nthat no writ of mandamus, prohibition or any other summary process whatever\nshall issue in any case of the collection of revenue or attempt to collect the\nsame, or to compel the collecting officers to receive anything in payment of\ntaxes except such money as is legal tender for the payment of revenue, or in any\ncase arising out of the collection of revenue in which the applicant for the\nwrit of process has any other remedy adequate for the protection and enforcement\nof his individual right, claim and demand, if just.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5864, \u00a7 17-96; 1998, c. 872; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}