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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1984, chapters 632 and 701; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 714<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 612<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83076,"section_number":"17.1-413","catch_line":"Opinions; reporting, printing and electronic publication","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-413\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55346,"identifier":"17.1-403","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-403","url":"\/17.1-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-403\/","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For contingent effective date, see Acts 2025, c. 612, cl. 2) Rules of practice, procedure, and internal processes; promulgation by Supreme Court; amendments; summary disposition of appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Supreme Court<\/span> shall prescribe and publish the initial rules governing practice, procedure, and internal processes for the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> designed to achieve the just, speedy, and inexpensive disposition<\/span> of all litigation<\/span> in that court<\/span> consistent with the ends of justice and to maintain uniformity in the law of the Commonwealth. Before amending the rules thereafter, the Supreme Court<\/span> shall receive and consider recommendations from the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span>. The rules shall prescribe procedures (i) authorizing the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> to prescribe truncated record or appendix preparation and (ii) permitting the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> to dispense with oral argument<\/span> if the parties agree that oral argument<\/span> is not necessary or if the panel<\/span> has examined the briefs<\/span> and record and unanimously agrees that oral argument<\/span> is unnecessary because (a) the appeal<\/span> is wholly without merit or (b) the dispositive issue<\/span> or issues<\/span> have been authoritatively decided, and the appellant<\/span> has not argued that the case law<\/span> should be overturned, extended, modified, or reversed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE, SEE ACTS 2025, C. 612, CL. 2) RULES OF PRACTICE,\nPROCEDURE, AND INTERNAL PROCESSES; PROMULGATION BY SUPREME COURT; AMENDMENTS;\nSUMMARY DISPOSITION OF APPEALS (\u00a7 17.1-403)\n\nThe Supreme Court shall prescribe and publish the initial rules governing\npractice, procedure, and internal processes for the Court of Appeals designed to\nachieve the just, speedy, and inexpensive disposition of all litigation in that\ncourt consistent with the ends of justice and to maintain uniformity in the law\nof the Commonwealth. Before amending the rules thereafter, the Supreme Court\nshall receive and consider recommendations from the Court of Appeals. The rules\nshall prescribe procedures (i) authorizing the Court of Appeals to prescribe\ntruncated record or appendix preparation and (ii) permitting the Court of\nAppeals to dispense with oral argument if the parties agree that oral argument\nis not necessary or if the panel has examined the briefs and record and\nunanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary because (a) the appeal is\nwholly without merit or (b) the dispositive issue or issues have been\nauthoritatively decided, and the appellant has not argued that the case law\nshould be overturned, extended, modified, or reversed.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 413, \u00a7 17-116.03; 1984, cc. 632, 701; 1998, c. 872; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 489; 2022, c. 714; 2025, c. 612.","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}}