                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPEALS FILED IN INAPPROPRIATE APPELLATE COURT (§ 8.01-677.1)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, no appeal which was otherwise
properly and timely filed shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction solely
because it was filed in either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals and the
appellate court in which it was filed thereafter rules that it should have been
filed in the other court. In such event, the appellate court so ruling shall
transfer the appeal to the appellate court having appropriate jurisdiction for
further proceedings in accordance with the rules of the latter court. The
parties shall be allowed a reasonable time to file such additional or amended
pleadings as may be appropriate to proceed with the appeal in the appellate
court to which the appeal is transferred.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 382.