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However, nothing in this section shall apply to original documents recorded by binding. If recordation is done by facsimile or microfilm reproduction process, such papers may be destroyed if the return of such papers was not requested at the time of filing for recordation.C\n\nThe commissioner of accounts may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A or any other papers relating to estates when the matter concerned has been closed with a confirmed final accounting for more than one year.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226517,"text":"The circuit court or the clerk at the time of the confirmation of an account shall return all inventories and original accounts of sales filed with the clerk of the circuit court as required by §§ 64.2-1205 and 64.2-1310, all reports filed with the clerk under § 64.2-1214 when the reports have been actually recorded by the clerk, compared, indexed, and confirmed as required by law, and all vouchers or other evidence filed with the commissioner of accounts upon request made at the time of such filing, or in the discretion of the commissioner of accounts if no request is made, to the fiduciary or other person who filed such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other evidence, provided, however, that such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other evidence is not required as evidence of any further matter of inquiry pending before the court or the commissioner of accounts.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":226518,"text":"The clerk of court may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A or any other papers relating to estates, when the matter concerned has been closed with a final settlement for more than three years and appropriate recordations have been made. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1962, chapter 111; in 1977, chapter 96; in 1997, chapter 842<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54071,"section_number":"64.2-1205","catch_line":"Commissioners of accounts to inspect and file inventories with clerks","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1205\/"},{"id":59643,"section_number":"64.2-1214","catch_line":"Recordation of report","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1214\/"},{"id":71524,"section_number":"64.2-1310","catch_line":"Recordation of inventories and accounts of sales","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":274981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62071,"identifier":"64.2-1317","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/13\/64.2-1317","url":"\/64.2-1317\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1317\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/13\/64.2-1317","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of papers relating to estates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1317","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> or the clerk at the time of the confirmation of an account shall return all inventories and original accounts of sales filed with the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> as required by §§ 64.2-1205<\/a> and 64.2-1310<\/a>, all reports filed with the clerk under § 64.2-1214<\/a> when the reports have been actually recorded by the clerk, compared, indexed, and confirmed as required by law<\/span>, and all vouchers or other evidence<\/span> filed with the commissioner of accounts upon request made at the time of such filing, or in the discretion of the commissioner of accounts if no request is made, to the fiduciary<\/span> or other person who filed such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other evidence<\/span>, provided, however, that such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other evidence<\/span> is not required as evidence<\/span> of any further matter of inquiry pending before the court<\/span> or the commissioner of accounts. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The clerk of court<\/span> may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A or any other papers relating to estates, when the matter concerned has been closed with a final settlement<\/span> for more than three years and appropriate recordations have been made. However, nothing in this section shall apply to original documents recorded by binding. If recordation is done by facsimile or microfilm reproduction process, such papers may be destroyed if the return of such papers was not requested at the time of filing for recordation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The commissioner of accounts may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A or any other papers relating to estates when the matter concerned has been closed with a confirmed final accounting for more than one year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF PAPERS RELATING TO ESTATES (\u00a7 64.2-1317)\n\nA. The circuit court or the clerk at the time of the confirmation of an account\nshall return all inventories and original accounts of sales filed with the clerk\nof the circuit court as required by §§ 64.2-1205 and 64.2-1310, all\nreports filed with the clerk under § 64.2-1214 when the reports have been\nactually recorded by the clerk, compared, indexed, and confirmed as required by\nlaw, and all vouchers or other evidence filed with the commissioner of accounts\nupon request made at the time of such filing, or in the discretion of the\ncommissioner of accounts if no request is made, to the fiduciary or other person\nwho filed such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other evidence,\nprovided, however, that such inventories, accounts, reports, vouchers, or other\nevidence is not required as evidence of any further matter of inquiry pending\nbefore the court or the commissioner of accounts.\n\nB. The clerk of court may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A or any\nother papers relating to estates, when the matter concerned has been closed with\na final settlement for more than three years and appropriate recordations have\nbeen made. However, nothing in this section shall apply to original documents\nrecorded by binding. If recordation is done by facsimile or microfilm\nreproduction process, such papers may be destroyed if the return of such papers\nwas not requested at the time of filing for recordation.\n\nC. The commissioner of accounts may destroy any papers mentioned in subsection A\nor any other papers relating to estates when the matter concerned has been\nclosed with a confirmed final accounting for more than one year.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5428; 1922, p. 873; 1928, p. 24; 1940, p. 614; 1944, p.\n107; 1950, p. 818, \u00a7 26-37; 1962, c. 111; 1977, c. 96; 1997, c. 842; 2012, c.\n614.","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}}