STATE STATUTES & CODES

VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 2 - Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records (17.1-200 thru 17.1-295)

• 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.
• 17.1-206 - 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 - Preservation of papers in clerk's office.
• 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 - Certified lists of county, district, town and city officers, and constitutional officers; vacancies and appointments.
• 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 - Courts 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 - When and how clerk to verify his record.
• 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 - , 17.1-256
• 17.1-257 - Description unavailable
• 17.1-258 - Description unavailable
• 17.1-258.1 - Description unavailable
• 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
• 17.1-258.3:2 - Official certificates and certified records in digital form.
• 17.1-258.4 - Signature; when effective as original; notarization; seal.
• 17.1-258.5 - Application.
• 17.1-258.6 - Acceptability of electronic medium.
• 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.
• 17.1-275.12 - Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund.
• 17.1-276 - Fee allowed for providing secure remote access to land records.
• 17.1-277 - Description unavailable
• 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.
• 17.1-280 - What costs chargeable against prosecutor.
• 17.1-281 - Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance.
• 17.1-282 - Description unavailable
• 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.
• 17.1-294 - Secure remote access to land records.
• 17.1-295 - Definitions.

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