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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 703 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1988, chapter 197; in 1994, chapter 64<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70014,"identifier":"8.01-675.4","token":"8.01\/26.1\/8.01-675.4","url":"\/8.01-675.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-675.4\/","token":"8.01\/26.1\/8.01-675.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection and return of records; certiorari when part of record is omitted; retention of records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-675.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a case has previously been in an appellate<\/span> court<\/span>, the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> may inspect the record of the former appeal<\/span>. The court<\/span> may, in any case, after reasonable notice to counsel<\/span> in the appellate<\/span> court<\/span>, award a writ of certiorari<\/span> to the clerk of the trial<\/span> court<\/span> and have brought before it, when part of a record is omitted, the whole or any part of such record. As soon as a case is decided, the clerk of the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> shall cause the appendix, if any, and briefs<\/span> of counsel<\/span> to be recorded and preserved in any manner which meets archival standards as recommended by the Archives and Records Division of The Library of Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION AND RETURN OF RECORDS; CERTIORARI WHEN PART OF RECORD IS OMITTED;\nRETENTION OF RECORDS (\u00a7 8.01-675.4)\n\nWhen a case has previously been in an appellate court, the Court of Appeals may\ninspect the record of the former appeal. The court may, in any case, after\nreasonable notice to counsel in the appellate court, award a writ of certiorari\nto the clerk of the trial court and have brought before it, when part of a\nrecord is omitted, the whole or any part of such record. As soon as a case is\ndecided, the clerk of the Court of Appeals shall cause the appendix, if any, and\nbriefs of counsel to be recorded and preserved in any manner which meets\narchival standards as recommended by the Archives and Records Division of The\nLibrary of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 703; 1988, c. 197; 1994, c. 64.","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}}