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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 548<\/a> and 626<\/a> 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. 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 2013, chapter 77<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 127<\/a> and 584<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84075,"section_number":"19.2-392.13","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disposition of records when an offense is sealed; permitted uses of sealed records","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.13\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77624,"section_number":"1-212","catch_line":"Courts of record","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-212\/"},{"id":64560,"section_number":"16.1-69.5","catch_line":"Meaning of certain terms","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.5\/"},{"id":71693,"section_number":"17.1-293","catch_line":"Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-293\/"},{"id":61518,"section_number":"55.1-600","catch_line":"When and where writings recorded","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-600\/"},{"id":67694,"section_number":"8.01-446","catch_line":"Clerks to keep judgment dockets; what judgments to be docketed therein","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-446\/"}],"permalink":{"id":163461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64813,"identifier":"17.1-292","token":"17.1\/2\/8\/17.1-292","url":"\/17.1-292\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-292\/","token":"17.1\/2\/8\/17.1-292","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability; definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-292","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The provisions of § 17.1-293<\/a> shall apply to clerks of the courts<\/span> of record as defined in § 1-212<\/a> and courts<\/span> not of record as defined in § 16.1-69.5<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> As used in this article:\n\t\t\t“Confidential court records<\/span>” means court records maintained by a clerk of a court of record, as defined in § 1-212<\/a>, or a court not of record, as defined in § 16.1-69.5<\/a>, and recognized as confidential under any applicable law<\/span> or sealed<\/span> pursuant to court order<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Court records” means any record maintained by the clerk in a civil, traffic, or criminal proceeding in the court, and any appeal<\/span> from a district court.\n\t\t\t“Internet<\/span>” means the international computer network of interoperable packet-switched data networks.\n\t\t\t“Land records<\/span>” means any writing authorized by law<\/span> to be recorded on paper or in electronic format that the clerk records affecting title to real property, including but not limited to instruments, orders<\/span>, or any other writings recorded under this title, Article 5 (§ 8.01-446<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 17 of Title 8.01, Title 8.9A and Chapter 6 (§ 55.1-600<\/a> et seq.) of Title 55.1.\n\t\t\t“Nonconfidential court records<\/span>” means all court records except those court records that are confidential court records<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY; DEFINITIONS (\u00a7 17.1-292)\n\nA. The provisions of § 17.1-293 shall apply to clerks of the courts of\nrecord as defined in § 1-212 and courts not of record as defined in §\n16.1-69.5.\n\nB. As used in this article:\n\t\t\t“Confidential court records” means court records maintained by a\nclerk of a court of record, as defined in § 1-212, or a court not of\nrecord, as defined in § 16.1-69.5, and recognized as confidential under any\napplicable law or sealed pursuant to court order.\n\t\t\t“Court records” means any record maintained by the clerk in a\ncivil, traffic, or criminal proceeding in the court, and any appeal from a\ndistrict court.\n\t\t\t“Internet” means the international computer network of\ninteroperable packet-switched data networks.\n\t\t\t“Land records” means any writing authorized by law to be recorded\non paper or in electronic format that the clerk records affecting title to real\nproperty, including but not limited to instruments, orders, or any other\nwritings recorded under this title, Article 5 (§ 8.01-446 et seq.) of\nChapter 17 of Title 8.01, Title 8.9A and Chapter 6 (§ 55.1-600 et seq.) of\nTitle 55.1.\n\t\t\t“Nonconfidential court records” means all court records except\nthose court records that are confidential court records.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 548, 626; 2013, c. 77; 2018, cc. 127, 584.","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}}