Rule 5A:31 Mandate

(a) Time. ‒ When there can be no further proceedings in this Court or in the Supreme Court with respect to a decision of this Court, the clerk of this Court must forward its mandate promptly to the clerk of the court or commission from which the appeal proceeded. When this Court disposes of an appeal through an order for which no separate mandate issues, the clerk of this Court will not return the record or transmit the order to the court or commission from which the appeal proceeded until there can be no further proceedings in this Court or in the Supreme Court.

(b) Opinions. ‒ If the judgment or order is supported by an opinion, a certified copy of the opinion must accompany the mandate.