                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TIME WITHIN WHICH PETITION MUST BE PRESENTED (§ 8.01-671)

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the Supreme
Court, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court from
any final judgment, whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, that was
rendered more than 90 days before the petition is presented, provided that an
extension may be granted, in the discretion of the Supreme Court, on motion for
good cause shown.

B. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appeals shall
be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within 30 days after the date
of the decision appealed from. However, an extension may be granted, in the
discretion of the court, on motion for good cause shown.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703; 2017, cc. 651,
652; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489; 2022, c. 714.