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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345313</law_id><section_number>1-9</section_number><catch_line>Pending cases; parties; where books, records and papers to remain</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Code of Virginia</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this Code shall operate to discontinue any cause or matter, civil or criminal, which shall be pending and undetermined in any <span class="dictionary">court</span> on the day before this Code, or any provision of this Code, takes effect; but every such cause and matter shall be proceeded in, tried and determined in such <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or in the <span class="dictionary">court</span> which succeeds to or has its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, and in the names of the same parties, or in the names of any officers, boards, commission, or other persons or bodies who may have succeeded under the provisions of this Code to the rights or obligations of such parties, or any of them. The papers and records of such causes and matters, and all books, records and papers whatever which on such day may be in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of any clerk of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall remain in <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the clerk of the same, or of such <span class="dictionary">court</span> as succeeds to or has its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6570; R. P. 1948, &#xA7; 1-9.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>United States v. Richard Allen Jackson</name><case_number>01-9</case_number><citation>327 F.3d 273</citation><date>2003-03-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/781737/united-states-v-richard-allen-jackson/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote an opinion, Parts I, IV and XVI of which Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Armstrong v. Green</name><case_number>No. 11-6021</case_number><citation>414 F. App'x 535</citation><date>2011-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8466096/armstrong-v-green/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Cerquera v. Supervalue, Inc.</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00829</case_number><citation>715 F. Supp. 2d 682</citation><date>2010-05-25</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2542522/cerquera-v-supervalue-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 715 F.Supp.2d 682 (2010) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Matarese v. Archstone Pentagon City</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00857</case_number><citation>761 F. Supp. 2d 346</citation><date>2011-01-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2472222/matarese-v-archstone-pentagon-city/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 761 F.Supp.2d 346 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Matarese v. ARCHSTONE PENTAGON CITY</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00857</case_number><citation>795 F. Supp. 2d 402</citation><date>2011-05-31</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2116742/matarese-v-archstone-pentagon-city/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 795 F.Supp.2d 402 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Moore-King v. COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD, VA.</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00804</case_number><citation>819 F. Supp. 2d 604</citation><date>2011-09-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2175857/moore-king-v-county-of-chesterfield-va/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 819 F.Supp.2d 604 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>First American Title Insurance v. First Alliance Title, Inc.</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00403</case_number><citation>718 F. Supp. 2d 669</citation><date>2010-06-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2540648/first-american-title-insurance-v-first-alliance-title-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 718 F.Supp.2d 669 (2010) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>United States v. Forstell</name><case_number>1:09-cv-00564</case_number><citation>656 F. Supp. 2d 578</citation><date>2009-08-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1394173/united-states-v-forstell/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 656 F.Supp.2d 578 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>WELLS FARGO FUNDING v. Gold</name><case_number>1:09-mj-00817</case_number><citation>432 B.R. 216</citation><date>2009-11-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1812426/wells-fargo-funding-v-gold/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 432 B.R. 216 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Parham v. HSBC Mortgage Corp.</name><case_number>1:09-cv-00832</case_number><citation>826 F. Supp. 2d 906</citation><date>2011-06-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2115590/parham-v-hsbc-mortgage-corp/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 826 F.Supp.2d 906 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
