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He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and substantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled acts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate.\n\t\tThe Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the custody of the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of Delegates; and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of them, or of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant to \u00a7 30-148; which copy, being certified by him shall be evidence for any purpose for which the original would be received, and with as much effect. If an act or part of an act of the General Assembly has been codified and assigned a section number as a part of the Code of Virginia, by the Virginia Code Commission pursuant to \u00a7 30-148, he may also certify that fact.\n\t\tHe shall, as soon as practicable after every act is passed, prepare the acts for publication with a notation of the day upon which every act was approved by the Governor or became law without his approval. He shall furnish to the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems the manuscript of all acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution and joint resolutions providing for studies for legislation, or a copy thereof, properly arranged for publication. As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the tables required by law and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall superintend the publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date of adjournment, tables and index, in connection with the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309706,"text":"The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the Keeper of Rolls of the Commonwealth. He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and substantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled acts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate.\n\t\tThe Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the custody of the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of Delegates; and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of them, or of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant to \u00a7 30-148; which copy, being certified by him shall be evidence for any purpose for which the original would be received, and with as much effect. 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As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the tables required by law and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall superintend the publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date of adjournment, tables and index, in connection with the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14418,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Assembly and Officers Thereof","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12738,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:04","permalink":{"id":199021,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14418,"identifier":"1","token":"30\/1","url":"\/30\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12738,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Assembly","identifier":"30","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":199019,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12738,"identifier":"30","token":"30","url":"\/30\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":82847,"structure_id":14418,"section_number":"30-1","catch_line":"Time and place of meeting of General Assembly","url":"\/30-1\/","token":"30\/1\/30-1","metadata":false},{"id":73293,"structure_id":14418,"section_number":"30-10","catch_line":"Attendance of witnesses; 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It has been modified 3 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 1970, chapter 170; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0623\">623<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61545,"section_number":"30-14.1","catch_line":"Enrollment of act to codify the laws; printing and distribution","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-14.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74441,"section_number":"30-148","catch_line":"Codification of session laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-148\/"}],"permalink":{"id":199043,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86469,"identifier":"30-14","token":"30\/1\/30-14","url":"\/30-14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-14\/","token":"30\/1\/30-14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the Keeper of Rolls of the Commonwealth. He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and substantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled acts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate.\n\t\tThe Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> of the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of Delegates; and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of them, or of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Codification of session laws\" href=\"\/30-148\/\">30-148<\/a>; which copy, being certified by him shall be <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> for any purpose for which the original would be received, and with as much effect. If an act or part of an act of the General Assembly has been codified and assigned a section number as a part of the Code of Virginia, by the Virginia Code Commission pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Codification of session laws\" href=\"\/30-148\/\">30-148<\/a>, he may also certify that <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span>.\n\t\tHe shall, as soon as practicable after every act is passed, prepare the acts for publication with a notation of the day upon which every act was approved by the Governor or became <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> without his approval. He shall furnish to the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems the manuscript of all acts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution and joint resolutions providing for studies for legislation, or a copy thereof, properly arranged for publication. As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the tables required by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall superintend the publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date of adjournment, tables and index, in connection with the Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLERK TO BE KEEPER OF THE ROLLS; OTHER DUTIES (\u00a7 30-14)\n\nThe Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the Keeper of Rolls of the\nCommonwealth. He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint\nresolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and\nsubstantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled\nacts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the\nHouse of Delegates and the President of the Senate.\n\t\tThe Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the custody of the acts and\njoint resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of\nDelegates; and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of\nthem, or of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant\nto \u00a7 30-148; which copy, being certified by him shall be evidence for any\npurpose for which the original would be received, and with as much effect. If an\nact or part of an act of the General Assembly has been codified and assigned a\nsection number as a part of the Code of Virginia, by the Virginia Code\nCommission pursuant to \u00a7 30-148, he may also certify that fact.\n\t\tHe shall, as soon as practicable after every act is passed, prepare the acts\nfor publication with a notation of the day upon which every act was approved by\nthe Governor or became law without his approval. He shall furnish to the\nDirector of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems the manuscript of all\nacts of the General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the\nConstitution and joint resolutions providing for studies for legislation, or a\ncopy thereof, properly arranged for publication. As soon as practicable after\nthe adjournment of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the\ntables required by law and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall\nsuperintend the publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date\nof adjournment, tables and index, in connection with the Director of the\nDivision of Legislative Automated Systems.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 307; 1940, p. 472; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 84; 1970, c. 170;\n1994, c. 623; 2005, c. 839.","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}}