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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2010, chapters 717<\/a> and 760<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75760,"identifier":"17.1-224","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-224","url":"\/17.1-224\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-224\/","token":"17.1\/2\/3\/17.1-224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Copy of illegible instrument used for making permanent record","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In offices of clerks of courts<\/span> of record in which instruments are recorded by any photographic or electronic imaging process, the clerk may, in the event any such instrument is in such condition that a perfect and legible record cannot be produced by such process, make and certify a copy of such instrument, for which he shall be entitled to such fees as are prescribed by law<\/span> for making and certifying copies of instruments, and use such copy for making permanent records of his office by such photographic or electronic imaging process. Such original instrument shall be preserved in the clerk’s office, in the same manner as is prescribed by law<\/span> for preserving wills.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOPY OF ILLEGIBLE INSTRUMENT USED FOR MAKING PERMANENT RECORD (\u00a7 17.1-224)\n\nIn offices of clerks of courts of record in which instruments are recorded by\nany photographic or electronic imaging process, the clerk may, in the event any\nsuch instrument is in such condition that a perfect and legible record cannot be\nproduced by such process, make and certify a copy of such instrument, for which\nhe shall be entitled to such fees as are prescribed by law for making and\ncertifying copies of instruments, and use such copy for making permanent records\nof his office by such photographic or electronic imaging process. Such original\ninstrument shall be preserved in the clerk’s office, in the same manner as\nis prescribed by law for preserving wills.\n\nHISTORY: 1948, p. 776; Michie Suppl. 1948, \u00a7 3387b, \u00a7 17-59.1; 1998, c. 872;\n2010, cc. 717, 760.","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}}