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Va. Code Ann. § 1-9 (2026)

Pending cases; parties; where books, records and papers to remain

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Nothing in this Code shall operate to discontinue any cause or matter, civil or criminal, which shall be pending and undetermined in any court 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 court, or in the court which succeeds to or has its jurisdiction, 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 custody of any clerk of a court shall remain in custody of the clerk of the same, or of such court as succeeds to or has its jurisdiction.

Code 1919, § 6570; R. P. 1948, § 1-9.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: Commonwealth v. White, 799 S.E.2d 494 (Va. 2017).
Commonwealth v. White, 799 S.E.2d 494 (Va. 2017). “Friend & Kent Sinclair, The Law of Evidence in Virginia § 1-9 [a], at 84-85 (7th ed. 2012). See Commonwealth v.”
Norfolk Redevelopment & Hous. Auth. v. Cent. Radio, Inc., 82 Va. Cir. 240 (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2011). · cites it 5× “Va. Code Ann. § 1-9 (2010). In the cases at bar, NRHA instituted its claims under the former law and before the new law took effect.”
United States v. Robertson, 638 F. Supp. 1202 (E.D. Va. 1986). “258A, §§ 1-9 (West Supp.1986); Mich.Compiled Laws Ann.”
Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Bhd. of Locomotive Engineers, 459 F. Supp. 136 (W.D. Va. 1978). “103, §§ 1-9, 36 Stat. 913 (1911), had as its purported purpose the promotion of “the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances .”
Commonwealth v. Commonwealth ex rel. Hunter Labs., LLC, 817 S.E.2d 318 (Va. 2018). “67, §§ 1-9, 12 Stat. 696 (codified as amended at 31 U.”
Pneumo Abex Corp. v. Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R., 936 F. Supp. 1274 (E.D. Va. 1996). “Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act §§ 1-9, 12 U.L.A. 63-107 (1975). . Section 7002(a)(1)(B) of the SWDA governs citizens’ suits "against any person.”
PKO Ventures, LLC v. Norfolk Redev't & Hous. Auth., 747 S.E.2d 826 (Va. 2013). · cites it 10× “1 to discontinue the case would be 5 in violation of Code §§ 1-9 and 1-239. The circuit court also held that the Redevelopment Plan was lawful, applying the results of the 1999 and 2009 cases to the present case by virtue of the doctrine of stare decisis.”
Commonwealth v. White, No. 160879 (Va. June 1, 2017). “Friend & Kent Sinclair, The Law of Evidence in Virginia § 1-9[a], at 84-85 (7th ed. 2012). 10 This standard is not the same thing as simply asking “whether the legally admitted evidence was sufficient” to support the conviction.”
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