# Chapter 4 The Court of Appeals

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

- §17.1-400 Creation and organization; election and terms of judges; oath; vacancies; qualifications; incompatible activities prohibited; chief judge
- §17.1-401 Senior judge
- §17.1-402 Sessions; panels; quorum; presiding judges; hearings en banc
- §17.1-403 (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2025, c. 612, cl. 2) Rules of practice, procedure, and internal processes; promulgation by Supreme Court; amendments; summary disposition of appeals
- §17.1-404 Original jurisdiction in matters of contempt and injunctions, writs of mandamus, prohibition and habeas corpus
- §17.1-405 Appellate jurisdiction — Administrative agency, Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, and civil matter appeals
- §17.1-406 Appeals in criminal matters; cases over which Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction
- §17.1-407 Procedures on appeal
- §17.1-408 Time for filing; notice; opening brief; petition
- §17.1-409 Certification to the Supreme Court
- §17.1-410 Disposition of appeals; finality of decisions
- §17.1-411 Review by the Supreme Court
- §17.1-412 Affirmance, reversal, or modification of judgment; petition for appeal to Supreme Court upon award of new trial
- §17.1-413 Opinions; reporting, printing and electronic publication
- §17.1-414 Facilities and supplies
- §17.1-415 Compensation for judges; expenses
- §17.1-416 Clerk; seal; deputies and other employees; clerk’s fees
- §17.1-417 Support staff
- §17.1-418 Fees charged by Clerk of the Court of Appeals