8.01-688 - Order books, etc., of former district courts in custody of Clerk of Supreme Court, etc. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-688. Order books, etc., of former district courts in custody of Clerkof Supreme Court, etc.

The order books, dockets and other office books formerly belonging to theseveral former district courts shall remain in the custody of the Clerk ofthe Supreme Court. Said Clerk shall furnish transcripts of the records andproceedings of such district courts when required, and perform all otherduties in respect to records and proceedings of such district courts as mighthave been performed by the clerks of such district courts if such courts hadcontinued to exist. All printed and manuscript orders, and other paperspertaining to cases decided in such district courts, shall remain in thecustody of the clerks of the circuit courts at the several places where suchdistrict courts held their sessions, who shall be charged with the sameduties in respect to such records and papers as might have been performed bythe clerks of such district courts respectively, if such courts had continuedto exist, and who shall receive for any such service fees similar to thosecharged by the clerks of district courts for such services.

(Code 1950, § 8-502; 1977, c. 617.)