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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 17.1 - Courts of Record
Chapter 2 - Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records
Article 1. Clerk of Supreme Court
- § 17.1-200. Clerk of Supreme Court; appointment; removal
- § 17.1-201. Appointment of deputies; their duties; how removed, etc.
- § 17.1-202. Clerk, etc., of Supreme Court not to act as counsel
- § 17.1-203. Where clerk's offices to be kept
- § 17.1-204. Examination of office and accounts of clerk
- § 17.1-205. Pro Hac Vice Fund
Article 2. Other Clerks and Clerks' Offices
- § 17.1-206. Where offices to be located
- § 17.1-207. Days of operation of clerks' offices
- § 17.1-208. Records, etc., open to inspection; copies; exception
- § 17.1-209. Repealed
- § 17.1-210. Removal of records or papers prohibited; exceptions
- § 17.1-211. Maintenance and disposition of certain receipt books, cancelled checks and statements
- § 17.1-212. Copying of records becoming illegible
- § 17.1-213. Disposition of papers in ended cases
- § 17.1-214. Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff
- § 17.1-215. Process book
- § 17.1-216. Handling fee for service of process
- § 17.1-217. Power of clerk to administer oath
- § 17.1-218. Repealed
- § 17.1-219. Clerk to prepare bonds
- § 17.1-219.1. Transportation orders; authorization for clerk to issue orders to custodian
- § 17.1-220. Duplicate certificate of allowance prohibited, unless ordered by court
- § 17.1-221. Reports by clerks of the business of courts of record
- § 17.1-222. Failure to make report
- § 17.1-222.1. Collection of fees, etc., by court clerks in lieu of money
Article 3. Records, Recordation and Indexing Generally
- § 17.1-223. Duty of clerk to record writings, etc., and make index
- § 17.1-224. Copy of illegible instrument used for making permanent record
- § 17.1-225. Remote access to nonconfidential court records
- § 17.1-226. Remote access to certain agencies from clerk of court
- § 17.1-227. (Effective October 1, 2019) Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers
- § 17.1-227. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers
- § 17.1-227.1. Use of cover sheets on deeds or other instruments by circuit court clerks
- § 17.1-228. Recording releases of deeds of trust, partial releases of deeds of trust, court ordered releases, or other liens or assignments in cities and counties using microfilm
- § 17.1-229. Additional documents to be recorded in deed book
- § 17.1-230. Documents to be recorded in bond book
- § 17.1-231. Documents to be recorded in will book
- § 17.1-232. What to be recorded in judgment docket
- § 17.1-233. What to be recorded in marriage register
- § 17.1-234. Documents to be recorded in "writings partially proved."
- § 17.1-235. Recordation of federal farm loan mortgages
- § 17.1-236. Recordation of plats and maps
- § 17.1-237. Validation of recordations in certain plat books
- § 17.1-238. State highway plat book
- § 17.1-239. Character of books used for recording; standards for microfilm, etc.
- § 17.1-240. Recording by microphotographic or electronic process
- § 17.1-241. Clerks to procure books for record
- § 17.1-242. Custody of books, records, etc.
- § 17.1-243. Clerks to have land books bound
- § 17.1-244. Books, etc., in clerks' offices rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced; credit given to transcripts, etc.
- § 17.1-245. Books may be taken from clerk's office to be rebound, etc.
- § 17.1-246. How costs thereof certified and paid
- § 17.1-247. Repealed
- § 17.1-248. Clerk to make index to each of his books
- § 17.1-249. General indexes for clerks' offices; daily index
- § 17.1-250. Correction of indexes
- § 17.1-251. Indexing of certain subdivision plats or maps
- § 17.1-252. Indexing by tax map reference number
- § 17.1-253. Committee to inquire into necessity of general index; report; plan adopted; locality to cover cost
- § 17.1-254. Validation of judgment records in office of clerk of Circuit Court of Norfolk
Article 4. Electronic Filing
Article 4.1. Electronic Filing
- § 17.1-258.2. Definition
- § 17.1-258.3. Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings
- § 17.1-258.3:1. (Effective October 1, 2019) Electronic filing of land records; paper form
- § 17.1-258.3:1. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Electronic filing of land records; paper form
- § 17.1-258.3:2. Official certificates and certified records in digital form
- § 17.1-258.3:3. Submission of records as electronic documents
- § 17.1-258.4. Signature; when effective as original; notarization; seal
- § 17.1-258.5. Application
- § 17.1-258.6. Acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court
Article 5. Master and Incorporating Deeds of Trust
- § 17.1-259. Recordation of master deed of trust; form and requisites
- § 17.1-260. Recordation, effect and requisites of incorporating deed
Article 6. Names, Discharges, Etc., of War Service Men
- § 17.1-261. Recordation of names of men who served during World War I
- § 17.1-262. Recordation of discharges of those who served in World War I
- § 17.1-263. World War I Memorial Record
- § 17.1-264. Recording information on discharges of World War II servicemen
- § 17.1-265. Recordation of evidence of discharge generally; confidentiality
Article 7. Fees
- § 17.1-266. Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases
- § 17.1-267. Services for which clerks may not charge
- § 17.1-268. Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found
- § 17.1-269. To whom fees charged
- § 17.1-270. Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report
- § 17.1-271. Deposit of money in bank
- § 17.1-272. Process and service fees generally
- § 17.1-273. Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable
- § 17.1-274. Commission on forthcoming bond
- § 17.1-275. (Effective October 1, 2019) Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally
- § 17.1-275. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally
- § 17.1-275.1. Fixed felony fee
- § 17.1-275.2. Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor
- § 17.1-275.3. Fixed felony revocation fee
- § 17.1-275.4. Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee
- § 17.1-275.5. Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth
- § 17.1-275.6. Fees collected from court reporter fund
- § 17.1-275.7. Fixed misdemeanor fee
- § 17.1-275.8. Fixed drug misdemeanor fee
- § 17.1-275.9. Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee
- § 17.1-275.10. Additional fee
- § 17.1-275.11. Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses
- § 17.1-275.11:1. Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis
- § 17.1-275.12. Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund
- § 17.1-275.13. Additional fee for offenses related to sex trafficking
- § 17.1-276. Fee allowed for providing secure remote access to land records
- § 17.1-277. Repealed
- § 17.1-278. Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar
- § 17.1-279. Additional fee to be assessed by circuit court clerks for information technology
- § 17.1-279.1. Additional assessment for electronic summons system
- § 17.1-280. What costs chargeable against prosecutor
- § 17.1-281. Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance
- § 17.1-282. Reserved
- § 17.1-283. Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions
- § 17.1-284. How excess payable into state or local treasury determined
- § 17.1-285. Payment of excess
- § 17.1-286. Disposition of state funds locally collected
- § 17.1-287. Salaries of clerks of circuit courts
- § 17.1-288. Compensation and expenses of clerks of circuit courts in Cities of Richmond and Newport News
- § 17.1-289. Commission on certain local collections not otherwise provided for
- § 17.1-290. Contracts by cities
- § 17.1-291. Penalty for officers
Article 8. Secure Remote Access
- § 17.1-292. (Effective October 1, 2019) Applicability; definitions
- § 17.1-292. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Applicability; definitions
- § 17.1-293. Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions
- § 17.1-293.1. Online case information system
- § 17.1-294. Secure remote access to land records
- § 17.1-295. (Effective October 1, 2019) Definitions
- § 17.1-295. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Definitions
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