• Civil Appeals to the Court of Appeals of Virginia

Filing an appeal to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court does not mean that you automatically get a new trial. Once a Notice of Appeal is filed, the Circuit Court (within 90 days from the date of the order being appealed) will forward the case to the appeals court to determine if a judicial error was made in the case. If so, they will remand the case back to this court for a new trial.

Notices of appeal must be filed in writing in the Clerk's office within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the order being appealed. A twenty-dollar ($20.00) filing fee must be submitted at the time of filing the notice for those appeals to the Supreme Court. A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) filing fee must be submitted at the time of filing the notice for those appeals to the Court of Appeals.

Appeals should contain all information required by the Rules of the Supreme Court (Code of Virginia, Volume 11 Code), comply with the statutory requirements and include to which court the case is being appealed (Supreme Court-Code Section 8.01-670 or Court of Appeals-Code Section 17-400 et seq. and follow statutes).

It is your responsibility to ensure that any transcripts or statement of facts are filed within the established time frames and that notices of such are sent.

Some of the procedures are jurisdictional and require strict compliance. Please refer to the Rules of the Supreme Court for more complete information pertaining to appeals, along with the deadlines and fees associated with appeals.

Current law prohibits the Clerk’s office staff from giving any legal advice. For further information about the appeal process, please contact the Virginia Supreme Court at the address and telephone below:

Supreme Court of Virginia
100 North Ninth Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804-786-2251