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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 3 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 635 and 701; in 1997, chapter 316<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55346,"section_number":"17.1-403","catch_line":"(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","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":163671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83076,"identifier":"17.1-413","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-413","url":"\/17.1-413\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-413\/","token":"17.1\/4\/17.1-413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Opinions; reporting, printing and electronic publication","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall state in writing the reasons for its ruling in a case. Subject to rules promulgated under § 17.1-403<\/a> the Court<\/span> in its discretion may render its decision by order<\/span> or memorandum<\/span> opinion<\/span>. All orders<\/span> and opinions<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall be preserved with the record of the case. Opinions<\/span> designated by the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> as having precedential value or as otherwise having significance for the law<\/span> or legal system shall be expeditiously reported in separate Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> Reports in the same manner as the decisions and opinions<\/span> of the Supreme Court<\/span>. The clerk of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall retain in the clerk’s office a list and brief<\/span> summary of the case for all unpublished decisions and opinions<\/span> of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span>. The list of cases and summary shall be made available to any person upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> shall contract<\/span> for the printing of the reports of the Supreme Court<\/span> and the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> and for the advance sheets of each court<\/span>. He shall select a printer for the reports and prescribe such contract<\/span> terms as will ensure issuance of the reports as soon as practicable after a sufficient number of opinions<\/span> are filed. He shall make such contracts<\/span> after consultation with the Department of General Services and shall distribute these reports in accordance with the applicable provisions of law<\/span>. He shall also provide for the electronic publication on the Internet of the opinions<\/span> of the Supreme Court<\/span> and Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> subject to conditions and restrictions established by each court<\/span> regarding the electronic publication of its opinions<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPINIONS; REPORTING, PRINTING AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION (\u00a7 17.1-413)\n\nA. The Court of Appeals shall state in writing the reasons for its ruling in a\ncase. Subject to rules promulgated under § 17.1-403 the Court in its\ndiscretion may render its decision by order or memorandum opinion. All orders\nand opinions of the Court of Appeals shall be preserved with the record of the\ncase. Opinions designated by the Court of Appeals as having precedential value\nor as otherwise having significance for the law or legal system shall be\nexpeditiously reported in separate Court of Appeals Reports in the same manner\nas the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court. The clerk of the Court of\nAppeals shall retain in the clerk’s office a list and brief summary of the\ncase for all unpublished decisions and opinions of the Court of Appeals. The\nlist of cases and summary shall be made available to any person upon request.\n\nB. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall contract for the printing\nof the reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals and for the advance\nsheets of each court. He shall select a printer for the reports and prescribe\nsuch contract terms as will ensure issuance of the reports as soon as\npracticable after a sufficient number of opinions are filed. He shall make such\ncontracts after consultation with the Department of General Services and shall\ndistribute these reports in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. He\nshall also provide for the electronic publication on the Internet of the\nopinions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals subject to conditions and\nrestrictions established by each court regarding the electronic publication of\nits opinions.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 413, \u00a7 17-116.010; 1984, cc. 635, 701; 1997, c. 316; 1998, c.\n872; 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}}