§ 17.1-604 Costs in appellate courts
In every case in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, costs shall be recovered in such court by the party substantially prevailing.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 14-178. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 386; in 1971, chapter 156 of the Extra Session; in 1988, chapter 525; in 1998, chapter 872.
Code 1950, § 14-178; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-181; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1988, c. 525; 1998, c. 872.