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§ 17.1-200. Clerk of Supreme Court; appointment; removal - There shall be a clerk of the Supreme Court, who...
§ 17.1-201. Appointment of deputies; their duties; how removed, etc. - The Supreme Court, or any four of the justices thereof...
§ 17.1-202. Clerk, etc., of Supreme Court not to act as counsel - No clerk, deputy clerk or employee of the Supreme Court...
§ 17.1-203. Where clerk's offices to be kept - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall maintain a clerk's...
§ 17.1-204. Examination of office and accounts of clerk - The books and accounts of the clerk of the Supreme...
§ 17.1-205. Pro Hac Vice Fund - There is hereby established the Pro Hac Vice Fund, a...
§ 17.1-205.1. Sealing Fee Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 17.1-206. Where offices to be located - The clerk's office of every circuit court, or any division...
§ 17.1-207. Days of operation of clerks' offices - A. The clerk's office of every court shall be kept...
§ 17.1-208. Records, etc., open to inspection; copies; exception - A. For the purposes of this section, "confidential court records,"...
§ 17.1-209. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 802, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-210. Removal of records or papers prohibited; exceptions - None of the records or papers of a circuit court...
§ 17.1-211. Maintenance and disposition of certain receipt books, cancelled checks and statements - The clerk of each court of record shall maintain in...
§ 17.1-212. Copying of records becoming illegible - The judge or, if so designated by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-213. Disposition of papers in ended cases - A. All case files for cases ended prior to January...
§ 17.1-214. Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff - The clerk of the circuit court from whose office may...
§ 17.1-215. Process book - The clerk of a circuit court shall keep a process...
§ 17.1-216. Handling fee for service of process - The fee for serving such process, order or decree may...
§ 17.1-217. Power of clerk to administer oath - Any clerk of a court may administer an oath in...
§ 17.1-218. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 63, cl. 1.
§ 17.1-219. Clerk to prepare bonds - Every clerk of a court of record shall prepare, in...
§ 17.1-219.1. Transportation orders; authorization for clerk to issue orders to custodian - In a criminal proceeding, upon authorization by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-220. Duplicate certificate of allowance prohibited, unless ordered by court - Upon proof by the oath of a party or otherwise...
§ 17.1-221. Reports by clerks of the business of courts of record - The clerk of each court of record in this Commonwealth,...
§ 17.1-222. Failure to make report - The Executive Secretary, at the direction of the Court, shall...
§ 17.1-222.1. Collection of fees, etc., by court clerks in lieu of money - The clerks of the several courts of the Commonwealth may,...
§ 17.1-223. Duty of clerk to record writings, etc., and make index - A. Every writing authorized by law to be recorded, with...
§ 17.1-224. Copy of illegible instrument used for making permanent record - In offices of clerks of courts of record in which...
§ 17.1-225. Remote access to nonconfidential court records - The clerk of the circuit court of any county or...
§ 17.1-226. Remote access to certain agencies from clerk of court - The governing body of any locality may give the clerk...
§ 17.1-227. Documents to be recorded in deed books; social security numbers - All deeds, deeds of trust, deeds of release, certificates of...
§ 17.1-227.1. Use of cover sheets on deeds or other instruments by circuit court clerks - A. Circuit court clerks may require that any deed or...
§ 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 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the writings required...
§ 17.1-229. Additional documents to be recorded in deed book - All deeds, homestead deeds and leases of personal property, bills...
§ 17.1-230. Documents to be recorded in bond book - All bonds taken of officers, executors, administrators, trustees or other...
§ 17.1-231. Documents to be recorded in will book - All wills, inventories, appraisements, lists of sales and settlements of...
§ 17.1-232. What to be recorded in judgment docket - Abstracts of all judgments authorized or required by law to...
§ 17.1-233. What to be recorded in marriage register - All marriage licenses and all matters relating to marriages required...
§ 17.1-234. Documents to be recorded in "writings partially proved." - All deeds and other instruments which have been only partially...
§ 17.1-235. Recordation of federal farm loan mortgages - The clerks of the circuit courts shall keep a separate...
§ 17.1-236. Recordation of plats and maps - All plats and maps may in the discretion of the...
§ 17.1-237. Validation of recordations in certain plat books - All books in which prior to June 24, 1944, plats...
§ 17.1-238. State highway plat book - The state highway plat book, which shall be provided by...
§ 17.1-239. Character of books used for recording; standards for microfilm, etc. - All books used in the clerk's office for the permanent...
§ 17.1-240. Recording by microphotographic or electronic process - A procedural microphotographic process, digital reproduction, or any other micrographic...
§ 17.1-241. Clerks to procure books for record - Every circuit court clerk shall procure appropriate books for records...
§ 17.1-242. Custody of books, records, etc. - The circuit court clerks shall have custody of and shall...
§ 17.1-243. Clerks to have land books bound - Except those clerks using an automated system, clerks shall bind,...
§ 17.1-244. Books, etc., in clerks' offices rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced; credit given to transcripts, etc. - Any court of record or, if so designated by the...
§ 17.1-245. Books may be taken from clerk's office to be rebound, etc. - The court or, if so designated by the judge, the...
§ 17.1-246. How costs thereof certified and paid - The cost incurred shall be certified by the court or,...
§ 17.1-247. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 263, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-248. Clerk to make index to each of his books - The clerk of every circuit court shall have an index...
§ 17.1-249. General indexes for clerks' offices; daily index - A. There shall be kept in every clerk's office modern,...
§ 17.1-250. Correction of indexes - No clerk or deputy clerk of any court in which...
§ 17.1-251. Indexing of certain subdivision plats or maps - When any plat or map of a subdivision which contains...
§ 17.1-252. Indexing by tax map reference number - Circuit court clerks in those localities with a unique parcel...
§ 17.1-253. Committee to inquire into necessity of general index; report; plan adopted; locality to cover cost - A. Whenever the circuit court, or the judge thereof, finds...
§ 17.1-254. Validation of judgment records in office of clerk of Circuit Court of Norfolk - The "General Index to Judgment Lien Docket and Execution Books"...
§ 17.1-255. Expired - Expired.
§ 17.1-257. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2000, c. 800, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-258. Expired - Expired.
§ 17.1-258.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 127, cl. 2.
§ 17.1-258.2. Definition - As used in this article, "electronic filing of documents" means...
§ 17.1-258.3. Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings - Any clerk of circuit court may establish and operate a...
§ 17.1-258.3:1. Electronic filing of land records; paper form - A. A clerk of a circuit court may provide a...
§ 17.1-258.3:2. Official certificates and certified records in digital form - A clerk of circuit court may establish a system for...
§ 17.1-258.3:3. Submission of records as electronic documents - Upon written agreement with the clerk, any agency or instrumentality...
§ 17.1-258.4. Signature; when effective as original; notarization; seal - A. If the electronically filed document contains an electronic signature...
§ 17.1-258.5. Application - All documents recorded on or after July 1, 2004 that...
§ 17.1-258.6. Acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court - A. In connection with civil or criminal proceedings in circuit...
§ 17.1-259. Recordation of master deed of trust; form and requisites - A. Any person may record in any clerk's office in...
§ 17.1-260. Recordation, effect and requisites of incorporating deed - Any person may record a deed of trust hereinafter referred...
§ 17.1-261. Recordation of names of men who served during World War I - The clerk of the circuit court of each county or...
§ 17.1-262. Recordation of discharges of those who served in World War I - Whenever the honorable discharge of any person who served in...
§ 17.1-263. World War I Memorial Record - Each circuit court clerk shall maintain a loose-leaf binder suitable...
§ 17.1-264. Recording information on discharges of World War II servicemen - A. When the honorable or dishonorable discharge of any person...
§ 17.1-265. Recordation of evidence of discharge generally; confidentiality - A. The clerk of the circuit court of the county...
§ 17.1-266. Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases - No clerk, sheriff or other officer shall receive payment out...
§ 17.1-267. Services for which clerks may not charge - A. No clerk shall charge for taking bond from, administering...
§ 17.1-268. Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found - Whenever a sheriff is required to serve a declaration in...
§ 17.1-269. To whom fees charged - Unless otherwise provided, the fees mentioned in this article shall...
§ 17.1-270. Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report - A notary or other officer returning affidavits or depositions of...
§ 17.1-271. Deposit of money in bank - Whenever any clerk of a court receives or collects any...
§ 17.1-272. Process and service fees generally - A. The fee for process and service in the following...
§ 17.1-273. Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including a...
§ 17.1-274. Commission on forthcoming bond - A. The commission to be included in a forthcoming bond,...
§ 17.1-275. Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally - A. A clerk of a circuit court shall, for services...
§ 17.1-275.1. Fixed felony fee - Upon conviction of any and each felony charge or upon...
§ 17.1-275.2. Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor - In circuit court, upon the conviction of a person of...
§ 17.1-275.3. Fixed felony revocation fee - Upon the partial or full revocation of suspension of sentence...
§ 17.1-275.4. Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee - In circuit court, when a person whose charge was reduced...
§ 17.1-275.5. Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth - A. The clerk shall assess, in addition to the fees...
§ 17.1-275.6. Fees collected from court reporter fund - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any court in...
§ 17.1-275.7. Fixed misdemeanor fee - In circuit court, upon (i) conviction of any and each...
§ 17.1-275.8. Fixed drug misdemeanor fee - In circuit court, upon conviction of any and each misdemeanor...
§ 17.1-275.9. Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee - In circuit court, when a person is convicted of a...
§ 17.1-275.10. Additional fee - Beginning May 1, 2003, in addition to the fees set...
§ 17.1-275.11. Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses - Beginning May 1, 2003, the clerk shall assess a person,...
§ 17.1-275.11:1. Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 17.1-275.1...
§ 17.1-275.12. Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 16.1-69.48:1,...
§ 17.1-275.13. Additional fee for offenses related to sex trafficking - In addition to the fees provided for by §§ 17.1-275.1,...
§ 17.1-275.14. Additional fee for Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund - A. In addition to the fees provided for by §§...
§ 17.1-276. Fee allowed for providing secure remote access to land records - A. A clerk of the circuit court who provides secure...
§ 17.1-277. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 831, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 17.1-278. Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar - In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and...
§ 17.1-279. Additional fee to be assessed by circuit court clerks for information technology - A. In addition to the fees otherwise authorized by this...
§ 17.1-279.1. Additional assessment for electronic summons system - Any county, city, or town, through its governing body, may...
§ 17.1-280. What costs chargeable against prosecutor - If any warrant of arrest for a misdemeanor or felony,...
§ 17.1-281. Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance - A. Any county or city, through its governing body, may...
§ 17.1-282. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 17.1-283. Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions - A. Every clerk of a court of record, except the...
§ 17.1-284. How excess payable into state or local treasury determined - In determining the excess, if any, to be paid into...
§ 17.1-285. Payment of excess - A. The Commonwealth shall be entitled to one-third of the...
§ 17.1-286. Disposition of state funds locally collected - All state funds collected by clerks of courts shall be...
§ 17.1-287. Salaries of clerks of circuit courts - The annual salaries of clerks of circuit courts shall be...
§ 17.1-288. Compensation and expenses of clerks of circuit courts in Cities of Richmond and Newport News - In the City of Richmond and in the City of...
§ 17.1-289. Commission on certain local collections not otherwise provided for - The clerk of every circuit court shall be entitled to...
§ 17.1-290. Contracts by cities - Subject to the approval of the Compensation Board, the council...
§ 17.1-291. Penalty for officers - Any officer failing to comply with the duties imposed upon...
§ 17.1-292. Applicability; definitions - A. The provisions of § 17.1-293 shall apply to clerks...
§ 17.1-293. Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions - A. Notwithstanding Chapter 37 (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title...
§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent expiration date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system - The Executive Secretary shall make available a publicly viewable online...
§ 17.1-293.1. (For contingent effective date see cc. 524 and 542) Online case information system; exceptions - The Executive Secretary shall make available a publicly viewable online...
§ 17.1-294. Secure remote access to land records - A. No circuit court clerk shall provide secure remote access...
§ 17.1-295. Definitions - As used in this title: "Confidential court records" means any...