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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71757</law_id><section_number>19.2-405</section_number><catch_line>Pretrial appeals; record on appeal; transcript; written statement of facts; time for filing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-402</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="25">Appeals by the Commonwealth</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This section applies only to pretrial <span class="dictionary">appeals</span>. The record on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> shall conform, as nearly as practicable, to the requirements of Part Five A of the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> for the record on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, except as hereinafter provided. The <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> shall be filed with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> from which the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> is being taken, no later than 25 days following entry of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>. Upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the Commonwealth, the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> may grant an extension of up to 45 days for filing the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> for good cause shown. If a <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> is filed, the Commonwealth shall file with the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> a notice, signed by the attorney for the Commonwealth, who is <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> for the <span class="dictionary">appellant</span>, identifying the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> and reciting its filing with the clerk. There shall be appended to the notice a certificate by the attorney for the Commonwealth that a copy of the notice has been mailed or delivered to opposing <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>. The notice of filing of the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> shall be filed within three days of the filing of the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> or within 14 days of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, whichever is later.
		Any <span class="dictionary">party</span> may <span class="dictionary">object</span> to the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> on the ground that it is erroneous or incomplete. Notice of the objection specifying the errors alleged or deficiencies asserted shall be tendered to the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">judge</span> within 10 days after the notice of filing of the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> is filed in the office of the clerk. The <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">judge</span> shall, within three days after the filing of such objection, either <span class="dictionary">overrule</span> the objection, or take steps deemed necessary to make the record complete or certify the respect in which the record is incomplete, and sign the <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or <span class="dictionary">written statement of facts</span> to verify its accuracy. The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall forthwith transmit the record to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 710; 2003, c. 109; 2014, cc. 33, 294.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
