8.01-331 - Entry of cases on current dockets. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-331. Entry of cases on current dockets.

When any civil action is commenced in a circuit court, or any such action isremoved to such court and the required writ tax and fees thereon paid, theclerk shall enter the same in the civil docket. These dockets may be either(i) a substantial, well-bound loose-leaf book, (ii) a visible card index or(iii) automated data processing media. Each case shall be entered on thecivil docket, on which shall be entered:

1. The short style of the suit or action,

2. The names of the attorneys,

3. The nature of the suit or action, and

4. The date filed and case file number.

In addition the docket may contain the following information applicable in anindividual case as deemed appropriate:

1. The names of the parties,

2. The date of the issuance of process,

3. A memorandum of the service of process,

4. A memorandum of the orders and proceedings in the case, and

5. The hearing date(s) and type(s) of hearing(s) conducted on such date(s).

The clerk may enter the clerk's fees in the case on such docket instead of inthe fee book.

Cases appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district courts shallbe docketed as provided in this section and, to the extent inconsistent withthis section, § 16.1-302.

(Code 1950, §§ 8-160, 8-165; 1954, c. 333; 1956, c. 307; 1977, c. 617; 1983,c. 293; 1990, c. 258; 2005, c. 681.)