                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WITH WHOM FILED; ENDORSEMENT THEREON; REFERENCE TO JUSTICE OR JUSTICES; WHEN
DEEMED TO BE FILED (§ 8.01-674)

The petition for appeal to the Supreme Court shall be filed with the Clerk of
the Supreme Court. The Clerk shall endorse thereon the day and year he received
it and shall refer it to one or more justices of the Supreme Court as the Court
shall direct. A petition shall, for the purposes of § 8.01-671, be deemed to be
timely filed if it is mailed postage prepaid to the Clerk by registered or
certified mail and if the official postal receipt therefor is exhibited upon the
demand of the Clerk or any party and it shows mailing within the prescribed time
limits.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-475; 1976, c. 615; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.