Code of Virginia
Chapter 2 - Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records
§ 17.1-207. Days of operation of clerks' offices

A. The clerk's office of every court shall be kept open on every day except Saturday, except as provided in subsection B, and Sunday, and the days provided for in § 2.2-3300, for the transaction of business; provided that:
1. The clerk's office of the circuit court of any county or city may be closed on any day which is established as a general holiday for the employees of such county or city by a resolution duly adopted by the governing body of such county or city and approved by the judge or judges of the circuit court and filed in the office of the clerk; provided that such general holiday shall have the same force and effect as a legal holiday as set forth in subsection B of § 1-210;
2. The judge or judges of any circuit court in any county or city may authorize the clerk of such court to close the clerk's office on Christmas Eve; provided that the closing of any clerk's office as provided by this subdivision shall have the same force and effect as a legal holiday as set forth in subsection B of § 1-210;
3. The chief judge or presiding judge of any circuit court may authorize the clerk of the court to close the clerk's office on any day when the chief judge or presiding judge determines that operation of the clerk's office, under prevailing conditions, would constitute a threat to the health and safety of the clerk's office personnel or the general public. Closing of the clerk's office pursuant to this subdivision shall have the same effect as provided in subsection B of § 1-210;
4. The judge or judges of the circuit court of any county or city may authorize the clerk of such court to close the clerk's office on any day or portion of a day which the Governor declares as a holiday for state employees, or on any day or portion of a day on which the Governor authorizes state offices to be closed; provided that such closing of any clerk's office shall have the same force and effect as a legal holiday as set forth in subsection B of § 1-210.
Except for closings pursuant to subdivision 3, whenever the authorization of the judge is necessary to close a clerk's office and a court has more than one judge, the authorization of all such judges shall be necessary.
The judge of the circuit court of any county or city may require the clerk's office to be kept open continuously for the transaction of business during convenient hours on all the days on which it is required by this section to be kept open.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the clerk, with the approval of the chief judge, to open the clerk's office on Saturdays, during such hours as the chief judge may authorize, solely for the purposes of (i) permitting examination and copying of court records, (ii) accepting applications for and granting licenses pursuant to applicable law, and (iii) recording instruments. For all other purposes, including without limitation the filing of actions at law and suits in equity and all pleadings, pleas and motions therein, such clerk's office shall be closed with the force and effect of a statutory closing as provided in subsection B of § 1-210.
Code 1919, § 3388, § 17-41; 1920, p. 242; 1930, p. 353; 1936, p. 16; 1942, p. 242; 1944, p. 39; 1946, p. 55; 1947, p. 95; 1950, p. 1166; 1952, c. 434; 1954, c. 304; 1956, c. 24; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 64; 1960, cc. 25, 482; 1962, c. 409; 1966, c. 250; 1970, c. 61; 1972, c. 128; 1974, cc. 279, 569; 1986, c. 166; 1993, c. 429; 1996, cc. 588, 592; 1998, c. 872; 2000, cc. 412, 444; 2001, c. 287; 2005, c. 839.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 17.1 - Courts of Record

Chapter 2 - Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records

§ 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

§ 17.1-205.1. Sealing Fee Fund

§ 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

§ 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. 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

§ 17.1-255. Expired

§ 17.1-257. Repealed

§ 17.1-258. Expired

§ 17.1-258.1. Repealed

§ 17.1-258.2. Definition

§ 17.1-258.3. Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings

§ 17.1-258.3:1. 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

§ 17.1-259. Recordation of master deed of trust; form and requisites

§ 17.1-260. Recordation, effect and requisites of incorporating deed

§ 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

§ 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. 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

§ 17.1-275.14. Additional fee for Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund

§ 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

§ 17.1-292. Applicability; definitions

§ 17.1-293. Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions

§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent expiration date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system

§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent effective date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system; exceptions

§ 17.1-294. Secure remote access to land records

§ 17.1-295. Definitions