Virginia § 8.01-675.6 - Jurisdictional amount

Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 8.01-675.6 — Jurisdictional amount, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 8.01-675.6. Jurisdictional amount

No appeal shall be taken from any judgment of a circuit court except when the controversy is for a matter of $500 or more in value or amount, and except in cases in which it is otherwise expressly provided; nor to a judgment of any circuit court in a civil case when the controversy is for a matter less in value or amount than $500, exclusive of costs, unless there be drawn in question a freehold or franchise or the title or bounds of land, or some other matter not merely pecuniary.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489; 2022, c. 714.

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Section 8.01-675.6 ("Jurisdictional amount") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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