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1996 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 8.01 a section numbered 8.01-672.1, relating to appeals to the Supreme Court.
[H 736]
Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 26 of Title 8.01 a section numbered 8.01-672.1 as follows:

§ 8.01-672.1. Failure to file certain notice of filing of transcript.

No appeal or petition for appeal shall be dismissed for failure to comply with any Rule of the Supreme Court relating to the giving or filing of notice of filing of a transcript of any proceeding, unless such failure substantially prejudices a party in its presentation or its defense of an appeal or a petition for appeal.