2014 Virginia Code
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
§ 55-142.12. Recording of electronic documents among the land records
A. A clerk of a circuit court who implements an eRecording System shall do so in compliance with standards established by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.
B. A clerk of a circuit court may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic land records.
C. A clerk of a circuit court may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, land records by electronic means.
D. A clerk of a circuit court who accepts electronic documents for recording among the land records shall continue to accept paper land records and shall place entries for both types of land records in the same indices.
E. A clerk of a circuit court may convert paper records accepted for recording into electronic form. The clerk of circuit court may convert into electronic form land records documents recorded before the clerk of circuit court began to record electronic records.
F. Any fee or tax that a clerk of circuit court is authorized to collect may be collected electronically.
2006, c. 745.
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