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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59397</law_id><section_number>17.1-409</section_number><catch_line>Certification to the Supreme Court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-407</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">The Court of Appeals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In any case in which an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> has been taken to or filed with the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> in its discretion, on <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, or on its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, may certify the case for review by the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> before it has been determined by the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>. The effect of such certification shall be to transfer <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the case to the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> for all purposes. <a id="paragraph-217702" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-409/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Such certification may be made only when, in its discretion, the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> determines that: <a id="paragraph-217703" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-409/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The case is of such imperative public importance as to justify the deviation from normal <span class="dictionary">appellate</span> practice and to require prompt decision in the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>; or <a id="paragraph-217704" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-409/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">docket</span> or the status of the work of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> is such that the sound or expeditious administration of justice requires that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the case be transferred to the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. <a id="paragraph-217705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-409/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 413, &#xA7; 17-116.06; 1984, c. 701; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
