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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54291</law_id><section_number>17.1-604</section_number><catch_line>Costs in appellate courts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-600</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="6">Costs Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In every case in the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> or the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, costs shall be recovered in such <span class="dictionary">court</span> by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> substantially prevailing.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 14-178; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7; 14.1-181; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1988, c. 525; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
