The provisions in the two preceding sections contained shall apply to a copy of any record or paper in the clerk's office of any court in the state of Virginia, or in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, treasurer, register of the land office, or either Auditor, or any surveyor of lands of that state, attested as aforesaid; and to any certificate of the Auditor of public accounts of that state as to the return of any real estate as delinquent, or sale thereof for taxes, or payment or nonpayment of taxes on forfeited or delinquent lands, or nonentry of lands on the books of the commissioner of the revenue: Provided, That such certificate of the Auditor as to the payment or nonpayment of taxes on forfeited or delinquent lands, or nonentry of such lands on the books of the commissioner of the revenue, be filed with the papers in any suit in relation to such lands, and notice thereof be given to the opposite party or his attorney, at least forty days before the first day of the term at which it is offered as evidence.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 57. Evidence and Witnesses
Article 1. Legislative Acts and Resolutions; Public Records
§57-1-1. Copies of Legislative Journals, Acts and Resolutions
§57-1-2. Local or Private Acts and Resolutions of Legislature; Judicial Notice Thereof
§57-1-3. Copies of Virginia Laws
§57-1-4. Judicial Notice of Foreign Laws
§57-1-5. Notice by Courts and Officers of Signatures of Judges or Governor
§57-1-6. Copies of Certain Deeds
§57-1-7. Copies of Records, Bonds or Papers in Public Offices; Certificate of Auditor
§57-1-7d. Records Provided on Computer or Optical Disc
§57-1-8. Copy of Writing Filed in One Suit May Be Filed in Another Suit on Same Writing
§57-1-9. Application of §§57-1-7 and 57-1-8 to Records or Papers in Public Offices in Virginia
§57-1-10. Certificate of Clerk of County Court as to Certain Tax Records
§57-1-11. Withdrawal of Original Paper Filed in Cause; Retention of Copy
§57-1-13. Authentication of Public Records Not Pertaining to Courts; Full Faith and Credit
§57-1-14. Authentication of Foreign Deeds, Powers of Attorney, Policies of Insurance, etc.