Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 25 - Extraordinary Writs

§ 8.01-635. Common-law writ of quo warranto and information in the nature of writ of quo warranto abolished; statutory writ of quo warranto established - The common-law writ of quo warranto and information in the...

§ 8.01-636. In what cases writ issued - A writ of quo warranto may be issued and prosecuted...

§ 8.01-637. By whom filed; when leave granted and writ issued - A. The Attorney General or attorney for the Commonwealth of...

§ 8.01-638. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1987, c. 567.

§ 8.01-639. How summons directed and served - The writ and a copy of the petition attached thereto...

§ 8.01-640. Judgment when defendant fails to appear - If the defendant fails to appear in accordance with the...

§ 8.01-641. Reopening same when made on service by publication - But if service is made by publication, the defendant against...

§ 8.01-642. Pleading when defendant appears - The defendant against whom the writ was issued may plead,...

§ 8.01-643. Trial; verdict; judgment; costs; attorney's fee - Unless the defendant shall ask for a trial by jury,...

§ 8.01-644. Application for mandamus or prohibition - Except as provided in § 2.2-3713, application for a writ...

§ 8.01-644.1. Limitations of actions for petition for mandamus - A petition for extraordinary writ of mandamus, filed by or...

§ 8.01-645. What petition to state; where presented - The petition shall state plainly and concisely the grounds of...

§ 8.01-646. When writ awarded if no defense made - When the application is made, on proof of notice and...

§ 8.01-647. Defense; how made - The defendant may file a demurrer or answer on oath...

§ 8.01-648. What judgment to be rendered - The court shall award or deny the writ according to...

§ 8.01-649. Proceedings when application is to Supreme Court or Court of Appeals - If the application is to the Court of Appeals or...

§ 8.01-650. Suspension of proceedings, where prohibition applied for - On petition for a writ of prohibition, the court may,...

§ 8.01-651. Suspension of proceedings by justice of Supreme Court or judge of Court of Appeals - Whenever a court having jurisdiction refuses to suspend proceedings as...

§ 8.01-652. Service of writ; how obedience enforced - Service of a copy of the order awarding the writ...

§ 8.01-653. Mandamus to secure construction of act directing payment out of treasury of the Commonwealth - Whenever the Comptroller or the Treasurer of the Commonwealth shall...

§ 8.01-653.1. Mandamus to secure construction of act granting power to incur certain obligations for transportation needs - Whenever the Comptroller notifies the Attorney General in writing that...

§ 8.01-654. When and where petition filed; what petition to contain - A. 1. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus...

§ 8.01-654.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 and...

§ 8.01-655. Form and contents of petition filed by prisoner - A. Every petition filed by a prisoner seeking a writ...

§ 8.01-656. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, cc. 8 and 48, cl. 2.

§ 8.01-658. When and from whom response required; dismissal of habeas petition without prejudice - A. Except as may be provided in the Rules of...

§ 8.01-659. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, cc. 8 and 48, cl. 2.

§ 8.01-660. When affidavits may be read - In the discretion of the court or judge before whom...

§ 8.01-661. Facts proved may be made part of record - All the material facts proved shall, when it is required...

§ 8.01-662. Judgment of court or judge trying it; payment of costs and expenses when petition denied - After hearing the matter both upon the response and any...

§ 8.01-663. Judgment conclusive - Any such judgment entered of record shall be conclusive, unless...

§ 8.01-664. How and when Supreme Court summoned to try appeal therefrom - If, during the recess of the Supreme Court, the Governor...

§ 8.01-665. When execution of judgment suspended; when prisoner admitted to bail - When the prisoner is remanded, the execution of the judgment...

§ 8.01-666. When and by whom writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum granted - Writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum may be granted by...

§ 8.01-667. Transmission of records to federal court - Whenever any habeas corpus case is pending in a federal...

§ 8.01-668. Writ de homine abolished - The writ de homine replegiando is abolished. Code 1950, §...