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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 614 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2016, chapter 181<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56286,"section_number":"8.01-581.02","catch_line":"Proceedings to compel or stay arbitration","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.02\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278859,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75139,"identifier":"8.01-581.016","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.016","url":"\/8.01-581.016\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.016\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.016","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.016","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An appeal<\/span> may be taken from:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An order<\/span> denying an application to compel arbitration made under § 8.01-581.02<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> An order<\/span> by a general district court<\/span> granting an application to compel arbitration; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> An order<\/span> granting an application to stay<\/span> arbitration made under subsection B of § 8.01-581.02<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> An order<\/span> confirming or denying an award; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> An order<\/span> modifying or correcting an award; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> An order<\/span> vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> A judgment<\/span> or decree<\/span> entered pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n\t\t\tThe appeal<\/span> shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders<\/span> or judgments<\/span> in a civil action<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEALS (\u00a7 8.01-581.016)\n\nAn appeal may be taken from:\n\n1. An order denying an application to compel arbitration made under §\n8.01-581.02;\n\n2. An order by a general district court granting an application to compel\narbitration;\n\n3. An order granting an application to stay arbitration made under subsection B\nof § 8.01-581.02;\n\n4. An order confirming or denying an award;\n\n5. An order modifying or correcting an award;\n\n6. An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or\n\n7. A judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n\t\t\tThe appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders\nor judgments in a civil action.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 614; 2016, c. 181.","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}}