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I, c. 237; 2025, c. 181.","full_text":"A\n\nIn accordance with § 32.1-271 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the State Registrar or a district health department shall, upon receipt of a written request, issue a certified copy of any vital record in the custody of the State Registrar or of a part thereof.\n\t\t\tThe Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to issue a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce vital record, or a part thereof, in the custody of the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tSuch vital records in the State Registrar’s custody may be in the form of originals, photoprocessed reproductions or data filed by electronic means.\n\t\t\tEach copy issued shall show the date of registration. Any copy issued from a record marked “delayed” or “amended,” except a record amended pursuant to subsection F of this section or subsection E of § 32.1-269, shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.\n\t\t\tCertified copies may be issued by county and city registrars only while the original record is in their possession, except that at the option of the county or city registrar true and complete copies of death certificates may be retained and certified copies of such records may be issued by the county or city registrar.B\n\nA certified copy of a vital record or any part thereof issued in accordance with subsection A shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a vital record filed more than one year after the event or a vital record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence.C\n\nThe federal agency responsible for national vital statistics may be furnished such copies or other data from the system of vital records as it may require for national statistics if such federal agency shares in the cost of collecting, processing and transmitting such data. Such data may be used for research and medical investigations of public health importance. No other use of such data shall be made by the federal agency unless authorized by the State Registrar.D\n\nOther federal, state and local, public or private agencies or persons in the conduct of their official duties may, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, be furnished copies or other data from the system of vital records for statistical or administrative purposes upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Board. Such copies or other data shall not be used for purposes other than those for which they were requested unless so authorized by the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tIn promulgating regulations relating to the terms or conditions for public or private agencies or persons obtaining copies of death certificates in the conduct of their official duties, the Board shall include within its definition of “legal representative” (i) any attorney licensed to practice law in Virginia, upon presentation of his bar number and evidence of need to obtain such copy; and (ii) any funeral director or funeral service licensee licensed to practice by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, upon presentation of evidence to so practice and evidence of being in charge of final disposition of the registrant’s dead human remains or cremains or evidence of need to obtain such copy.E\n\nNo person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original or certified copy of a vital record except as authorized in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.F\n\nCertified copies of birth records filed before July 1, 1960, containing statements of racial designation on the reverse thereof shall be issued without such statement as a part of the certification; nor for this purpose solely shall such certification be marked “amended.”\n\t\t\tAny American Indian or Native American whose certified copy of a birth record filed before July 1, 1960, contains a racial designation that is incorrect may obtain, without paying a fee, one certified copy of his birth record from which such incorrect racial designation has been removed. Such certification shall not be marked “amended” solely for this reason.G\n\nWith the increased fees to be charged for vital records and the additional deposits to the Vital Statistics Automation Fund, the Board of Health shall establish, within the district health departments, a statewide system for decentralizing certification of vital records, when such records are prepared or issued from data in the custody of the State Registrar and the Board of Health. Such system shall include the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the authorization in subsection A.H\n\nAny homeless youth, as described in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3, may obtain, without paying a fee, a certified copy of his birth record.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":222465,"text":"In accordance with § 32.1-271 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the State Registrar or a district health department shall, upon receipt of a written request, issue a certified copy of any vital record in the custody of the State Registrar or of a part thereof.\n\t\t\tThe Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to issue a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce vital record, or a part thereof, in the custody of the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tSuch vital records in the State Registrar’s custody may be in the form of originals, photoprocessed reproductions or data filed by electronic means.\n\t\t\tEach copy issued shall show the date of registration. Any copy issued from a record marked “delayed” or “amended,” except a record amended pursuant to subsection F of this section or subsection E of § 32.1-269, shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.\n\t\t\tCertified copies may be issued by county and city registrars only while the original record is in their possession, except that at the option of the county or city registrar true and complete copies of death certificates may be retained and certified copies of such records may be issued by the county or city registrar.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":222466,"text":"A certified copy of a vital record or any part thereof issued in accordance with subsection A shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a vital record filed more than one year after the event or a vital record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":222467,"text":"The federal agency responsible for national vital statistics may be furnished such copies or other data from the system of vital records as it may require for national statistics if such federal agency shares in the cost of collecting, processing and transmitting such data. Such data may be used for research and medical investigations of public health importance. No other use of such data shall be made by the federal agency unless authorized by the State Registrar.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":222468,"text":"Other federal, state and local, public or private agencies or persons in the conduct of their official duties may, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, be furnished copies or other data from the system of vital records for statistical or administrative purposes upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Board. Such copies or other data shall not be used for purposes other than those for which they were requested unless so authorized by the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tIn promulgating regulations relating to the terms or conditions for public or private agencies or persons obtaining copies of death certificates in the conduct of their official duties, the Board shall include within its definition of “legal representative” (i) any attorney licensed to practice law in Virginia, upon presentation of his bar number and evidence of need to obtain such copy; and (ii) any funeral director or funeral service licensee licensed to practice by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, upon presentation of evidence to so practice and evidence of being in charge of final disposition of the registrant’s dead human remains or cremains or evidence of need to obtain such copy.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":222469,"text":"No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an original or certified copy of a vital record except as authorized in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":222470,"text":"Certified copies of birth records filed before July 1, 1960, containing statements of racial designation on the reverse thereof shall be issued without such statement as a part of the certification; nor for this purpose solely shall such certification be marked “amended.”\n\t\t\tAny American Indian or Native American whose certified copy of a birth record filed before July 1, 1960, contains a racial designation that is incorrect may obtain, without paying a fee, one certified copy of his birth record from which such incorrect racial designation has been removed. Such certification shall not be marked “amended” solely for this reason.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"6":{"id":222471,"text":"With the increased fees to be charged for vital records and the additional deposits to the Vital Statistics Automation Fund, the Board of Health shall establish, within the district health departments, a statewide system for decentralizing certification of vital records, when such records are prepared or issued from data in the custody of the State Registrar and the Board of Health. Such system shall include the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the authorization in subsection A.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F","next_prefix":"H"},"7":{"id":222472,"text":"Any homeless youth, as described in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3, may obtain, without paying a fee, a certified copy of his birth record.","type":"section","prefixes":["H"],"prefix":"H","entire_prefix":"H","prefix_anchor":"H","level":1,"prior_prefix":"G"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14508,"edition_id":1,"name":"Miscellaneous Provisions","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14405,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:25","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:25","permalink":{"id":204281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14508,"identifier":"7","token":"32.1\/7\/7","url":"\/32.1\/7\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14405,"edition_id":1,"name":"Vital Records","identifier":"7","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12727,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:01","permalink":{"id":204163,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14405,"identifier":"7","token":"32.1\/7","url":"\/32.1\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12727,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":201099,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12727,"identifier":"32.1","token":"32.1","url":"\/32.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":68994,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-270","catch_line":"State Registrar may reproduce records; disposition of documents from which permanent reproductions made","url":"\/32.1-270\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-270","metadata":false},{"id":55927,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-271","catch_line":"Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public","url":"\/32.1-271\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-271","metadata":false},{"id":60853,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-272","catch_line":"Certified copies of vital records; other copies","url":"\/32.1-272\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-272","metadata":false},{"id":61634,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-273","catch_line":"Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition","url":"\/32.1-273\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-273","metadata":false},{"id":82448,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-273.1","catch_line":"Virginia Vital Statistics Automation Fund","url":"\/32.1-273.1\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-273.1","metadata":false},{"id":57618,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-274","catch_line":"Persons in charge of institutions and funeral directors, etc., to keep records; lists sent to State Registrar","url":"\/32.1-274\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-274","metadata":false},{"id":59620,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-275","catch_line":"Information as to births, deaths, marriages and divorces to be furnished on demand","url":"\/32.1-275\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-275","metadata":false},{"id":57417,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-275.1","catch_line":"Matching of birth and death certificates; marking of certificates and copies","url":"\/32.1-275.1\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-275.1","metadata":false},{"id":62902,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-275.2","catch_line":"Notation on birth records of missing children","url":"\/32.1-275.2\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-275.2","metadata":false},{"id":68116,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-276","catch_line":"Penalty imposed for violations","url":"\/32.1-276\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-276","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":55927,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-271","catch_line":"Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public","url":"\/32.1-271\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-271","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":61634,"structure_id":14508,"section_number":"32.1-273","catch_line":"Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition","url":"\/32.1-273\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-273","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-272\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 1954, chapter 429; in 1956, chapter 412; in 1958, chapter 296; in 1960, chapter 451; in 1966, chapter 353; in 1972, chapter 500; in 1979, chapter 711; in 1983, chapter 240; in 1994, chapter 373<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 470<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 600<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 448<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 534<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 181<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67380,"section_number":"32.1-260","catch_line":"Petition for court order establishing record of birth when delayed certificate rejected; hearing; notice; findings; registration of court order","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-260\/"},{"id":79948,"section_number":"32.1-261","catch_line":"New certificate of birth established on proof of adoption, legitimation, or determination of paternity, or change of sex","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-261\/"},{"id":73474,"section_number":"8.01-217","catch_line":"How name of person may be changed","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-217\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81351,"section_number":"22.1-3","catch_line":"Persons to whom public schools shall be free","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-3\/"},{"id":69190,"section_number":"32.1-269","catch_line":"Amending vital records; change of name; acknowledgment of paternity","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-269\/"},{"id":55927,"section_number":"32.1-271","catch_line":"Disclosure of information in records; when unlawful; when permitted; proceeding to compel disclosure; when certain records made public","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-271\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60853,"identifier":"32.1-272","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-272","url":"\/32.1-272\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-272\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-272","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certified copies of vital records; other copies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-272","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In accordance with § 32.1-271<\/a> and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the State Registrar or a district health department<\/span> shall, upon receipt of a written request, issue<\/span> a certified copy of any vital record in the custody<\/span> of the State Registrar or of a part thereof.\n\t\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to issue<\/span> a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce vital record, or a part thereof, in the custody<\/span> of the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tSuch vital records<\/span> in the State Registrar’s custody<\/span> may be in the form of originals, photoprocessed reproductions or data filed by electronic means.\n\t\t\tEach copy issued shall show the date of registration<\/span>. Any copy issued from a record marked “delayed” or “amended,” except a record amended pursuant to subsection F of this section or subsection E of § 32.1-269<\/a>, shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.\n\t\t\tCertified copies may be issued by county and city registrars only while the original record is in their possession<\/span>, except that at the option of the county or city registrar true and complete copies of death certificates may be retained and certified copies of such records may be issued by the county or city registrar. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A certified copy of a vital record or any part thereof issued in accordance with subsection A shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original and shall be prima facie evidence<\/span> of the facts<\/span> therein stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a vital record filed more than one year after the event or a vital record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or administrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as evidence<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The federal agency responsible for national vital statistics may be furnished such copies or other data from the system of vital records<\/span> as it may require for national statistics if such federal agency shares in the cost of collecting, processing and transmitting such data. Such data may be used for research and medical investigations of public health importance. No other use of such data shall be made by the federal agency unless authorized by the State Registrar. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Other federal, state and local, public or private agencies or persons<\/span> in the conduct of their official duties may, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, be furnished copies or other data from the system of vital records<\/span> for statistical or administrative purposes upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Board<\/span>. Such copies or other data shall not be used for purposes other than those for which they were requested unless so authorized by the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tIn promulgating regulations relating to the terms or conditions for public or private agencies or persons<\/span> obtaining copies of death certificates in the conduct of their official duties, the Board<\/span> shall include within its definition of “legal representative<\/span>” (i) any attorney licensed to practice law<\/span> in Virginia, upon presentation of his bar number and evidence<\/span> of need to obtain such copy; and (ii) any funeral director or funeral service licensee licensed to practice by the Board<\/span> of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, upon presentation of evidence<\/span> to so practice and evidence<\/span> of being in charge of final disposition<\/span> of the registrant’s dead human remains or cremains or evidence<\/span> of need to obtain such copy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall prepare or issue<\/span> any certificate which purports to be an original or certified copy of a vital record except as authorized in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Certified copies of birth records filed before July 1, 1960, containing statements of racial designation on the reverse<\/span> thereof shall be issued without such statement as a part of the certification; nor for this purpose solely shall such certification be marked “amended.”\n\t\t\tAny American Indian or Native American whose certified copy of a birth record filed before July 1, 1960, contains a racial designation that is incorrect may obtain, without paying a fee, one certified copy of his birth record from which such incorrect racial designation has been removed. Such certification shall not be marked “amended” solely for this reason. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> With the increased fees to be charged for vital records and the additional deposits to the Vital Statistics Automation Fund, the Board<\/span> of Health shall establish, within the district health departments<\/span>, a statewide system for decentralizing certification of vital records, when such records are prepared or issued from data in the custody<\/span> of the State Registrar and the Board<\/span> of Health. Such system shall include the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the authorization in subsection A. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

H.<\/span> Any homeless youth, as described in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3<\/a>, may obtain, without paying a fee, a certified copy of his birth record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFIED COPIES OF VITAL RECORDS; OTHER COPIES (\u00a7 32.1-272)\n\nA. In accordance with § 32.1-271 and the regulations adopted pursuant\nthereto, the State Registrar or a district health department shall, upon receipt\nof a written request, issue a certified copy of any vital record in the custody\nof the State Registrar or of a part thereof.\n\t\t\tThe Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be authorized to\nissue a certified copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce vital record, or\na part thereof, in the custody of the State Registrar.\n\t\t\tSuch vital records in the State Registrar’s custody may be in the form\nof originals, photoprocessed reproductions or data filed by electronic means.\n\t\t\tEach copy issued shall show the date of registration. Any copy issued from a\nrecord marked “delayed” or “amended,” except a record\namended pursuant to subsection F of this section or subsection E of §\n32.1-269, shall be similarly marked and show the effective date.\n\t\t\tCertified copies may be issued by county and city registrars only while the\noriginal record is in their possession, except that at the option of the county\nor city registrar true and complete copies of death certificates may be retained\nand certified copies of such records may be issued by the county or city\nregistrar.\n\nB. A certified copy of a vital record or any part thereof issued in accordance\nwith subsection A shall be considered for all purposes the same as the original\nand shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, provided that the\nevidentiary value of a vital record filed more than one year after the event or\na vital record which has been amended shall be determined by the judicial or\nadministrative body or official before whom the certificate is offered as\nevidence.\n\nC. The federal agency responsible for national vital statistics may be furnished\nsuch copies or other data from the system of vital records as it may require for\nnational statistics if such federal agency shares in the cost of collecting,\nprocessing and transmitting such data. Such data may be used for research and\nmedical investigations of public health importance. No other use of such data\nshall be made by the federal agency unless authorized by the State Registrar.\n\nD. Other federal, state and local, public or private agencies or persons in the\nconduct of their official duties may, upon request and payment of a reasonable\nfee, be furnished copies or other data from the system of vital records for\nstatistical or administrative purposes upon such terms or conditions as may be\nprescribed by the Board. Such copies or other data shall not be used for\npurposes other than those for which they were requested unless so authorized by\nthe State Registrar.\n\t\t\tIn promulgating regulations relating to the terms or conditions for public or\nprivate agencies or persons obtaining copies of death certificates in the\nconduct of their official duties, the Board shall include within its definition\nof “legal representative” (i) any attorney licensed to practice law\nin Virginia, upon presentation of his bar number and evidence of need to obtain\nsuch copy; and (ii) any funeral director or funeral service licensee licensed to\npractice by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, upon presentation of\nevidence to so practice and evidence of being in charge of final disposition of\nthe registrant’s dead human remains or cremains or evidence of need to\nobtain such copy.\n\nE. No person shall prepare or issue any certificate which purports to be an\noriginal or certified copy of a vital record except as authorized in this\nchapter or regulations adopted hereunder.\n\nF. Certified copies of birth records filed before July 1, 1960, containing\nstatements of racial designation on the reverse thereof shall be issued without\nsuch statement as a part of the certification; nor for this purpose solely shall\nsuch certification be marked “amended.”\n\t\t\tAny American Indian or Native American whose certified copy of a birth record\nfiled before July 1, 1960, contains a racial designation that is incorrect may\nobtain, without paying a fee, one certified copy of his birth record from which\nsuch incorrect racial designation has been removed. Such certification shall not\nbe marked “amended” solely for this reason.\n\nG. With the increased fees to be charged for vital records and the additional\ndeposits to the Vital Statistics Automation Fund, the Board of Health shall\nestablish, within the district health departments, a statewide system for\ndecentralizing certification of vital records, when such records are prepared or\nissued from data in the custody of the State Registrar and the Board of Health.\nSuch system shall include the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the\nauthorization in subsection A.\n\nH. Any homeless youth, as described in subdivision A 7 of § 22.1-3, may\nobtain, without paying a fee, a certified copy of his birth record.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-353.27; 1950, pp. 484, 485; 1954, c. 429; 1956, c.\n412; 1958, c. 296; 1960, c. 451; 1966, c. 353; 1972, c. 500; 1979, c. 711; 1983,\nc. 240; 1994, c. 373; 1997, c. 470; 1999, c. 600; 2005, c. 448; 2013, c. 534;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 237; 2025, c. 181.","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}}