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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 499 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1987, chapter 160.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54192,"section_number":"16.1-117","catch_line":"When papers in civil cases in certain municipal courts may be destroyed","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-117\/"},{"id":86399,"section_number":"16.1-118","catch_line":"When papers in civil cases returned to courts of record may be destroyed","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-118\/"},{"id":78717,"section_number":"16.1-118.1","catch_line":"Destruction of papers in civil cases in certain district courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-118.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74109,"identifier":"16.1-69.58","token":"16.1\/4.1\/6\/16.1-69.58","url":"\/16.1-69.58\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.58\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/6\/16.1-69.58","dublin_core":{"Title":"Processing, retention and reproduction of court records; retention and destruction of records in which final disposition was entered before January 1, 1985","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.58","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Committee on District Courts<\/span>, after consultation with the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, shall determine the methods for processing, retention and reproduction of court records<\/span> and all other records required by statute<\/span> to be retained in the district courts<\/span> and for records retained in the office of the magistrate<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions for retention and destruction of records contained in \u00a7\u00a7 16.1-117<\/a>, 16.1-118<\/a> and 16.1-118.1<\/a> shall apply to court records<\/span> in district court cases in which a final disposition<\/span> was entered before January 1, 1985.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCESSING, RETENTION AND REPRODUCTION OF COURT RECORDS; RETENTION AND\nDESTRUCTION OF RECORDS IN WHICH FINAL DISPOSITION WAS ENTERED BEFORE JANUARY 1,\n1985 (\u00a7 16.1-69.58)\n\nThe Committee on District Courts, after consultation with the Executive\nSecretary of the Supreme Court, shall determine the methods for processing,\nretention and reproduction of court records and all other records required by\nstatute to be retained in the district courts and for records retained in the\noffice of the magistrate.\n\t\tThe provisions for retention and destruction of records contained in \u00a7\u00a7\n16.1-117, 16.1-118 and 16.1-118.1 shall apply to court records in district court\ncases in which a final disposition was entered before January 1, 1985.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 499; 1987, c. 160.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}