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A digitally certified copy of a record provided pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 38.2 (§ 2.2-3817 et seq.) of Title 2.2, whether in electronic form or in print form with visible assurance of the digital signature, shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of the record unless evidence is presented to the contrary.B\n\nRecords and recordings of 911 emergency service calls shall be deemed authentic transcriptions or recordings of the original statements if they are accompanied by a certificate that meets the provisions of subsection A and the certificate contains the date and time of the incoming call and the incoming phone number, if available, associated with the call.C\n\nAn affidavit signed by an officer deemed to have custody of such an official record, or by his deputy, stating that after a diligent search, no record or entry of such record is found to exist among the records in his office is admissible as evidence that his office has no such record or entry.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225910,"text":"Copies of records of this Commonwealth, of another state, of the United States, of another country, or of any political subdivision or agency of the same, other than those located in a clerk’s office of a court, shall be received as prima facie evidence, provided that such copies are authenticated to be true copies either by the custodian thereof or by the person to whom the custodian reports, if they are different. A digitally certified copy of a record provided pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 38.2 (§ 2.2-3817 et seq.) of Title 2.2, whether in electronic form or in print form with visible assurance of the digital signature, shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of the record unless evidence is presented to the contrary.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":225911,"text":"Records and recordings of 911 emergency service calls shall be deemed authentic transcriptions or recordings of the original statements if they are accompanied by a certificate that meets the provisions of subsection A and the certificate contains the date and time of the incoming call and the incoming phone number, if available, associated with the call.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":225912,"text":"An affidavit signed by an officer deemed to have custody of such an official record, or by his deputy, stating that after a diligent search, no record or entry of such record is found to exist among the records in his office is admissible as evidence that his office has no such record or entry.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14678,"edition_id":1,"name":"Laws, Public Records, and Copies of Original Records as Evidence","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12870,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:16","permalink":{"id":277377,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14678,"identifier":"2","token":"8.01\/14\/2","url":"\/8.01\/14\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12870,"edition_id":1,"name":"Evidence","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:57","permalink":{"id":277357,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12870,"identifier":"14","token":"8.01\/14","url":"\/8.01\/14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","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":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":56287,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-389","catch_line":"Judicial records as evidence; full faith and credit; recitals in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; \"records\" defined; certification","url":"\/8.01-389\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-389","metadata":false},{"id":61867,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-390","catch_line":"Nonjudicial records as evidence (Subdivision (10)(a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from subsection C of this section)","url":"\/8.01-390\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390","metadata":false},{"id":66355,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-390.1","catch_line":"School records as evidence","url":"\/8.01-390.1\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390.1","metadata":false},{"id":60205,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-390.2","catch_line":"Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence","url":"\/8.01-390.2\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390.2","metadata":false},{"id":81283,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-390.3","catch_line":"Business records as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from this section)","url":"\/8.01-390.3\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390.3","metadata":false},{"id":71662,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-391","catch_line":"Copies of originals as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from subsection D of this section and Supreme Court Rule 2:1005 derived from this section)","url":"\/8.01-391\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-391","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":56287,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-389","catch_line":"Judicial records as evidence; full faith and credit; recitals in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; \"records\" defined; certification","url":"\/8.01-389\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-389","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":66355,"structure_id":14678,"section_number":"8.01-390.1","catch_line":"School records as evidence","url":"\/8.01-390.1\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-390\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1996, chapter 668<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 334<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 353<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 738<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67819,"section_number":"19.2-188.3","catch_line":"Admissibility of affidavits by government officials regarding a search of government records (Subdivision (10)(b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-188.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66054,"section_number":"2.2-3817","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3817\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61867,"identifier":"8.01-390","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390","url":"\/8.01-390\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-390\/","token":"8.01\/14\/2\/8.01-390","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nonjudicial records as evidence (Subdivision (10)(a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from subsection C of this section)","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-390","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Copies of records of this Commonwealth, of another state, of the United States, of another country, or of any political subdivision or agency of the same, other than those located in a clerk’s office of a court<\/span>, shall be received as prima facie evidence<\/span>, provided that such copies are authenticated to be true copies either by the custodian thereof or by the person<\/span> to whom the custodian reports, if they are different. A digitally certified copy of a record provided pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 38.2 (§ 2.2-3817<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2, whether in electronic form or in print form with visible assurance of the digital signature, shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of the record unless evidence<\/span> is presented to the contrary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Records and recordings of 911 emergency service calls shall be deemed authentic transcriptions or recordings of the original statements if they are accompanied by a certificate that meets the provisions of subsection A and the certificate contains the date and time of the incoming call and the incoming phone number, if available, associated with the call. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> An affidavit<\/span> signed by an officer deemed to have custody<\/span> of such an official record, or by his deputy, stating that after a diligent search, no record or entry of such record is found to exist among the records in his office is admissible<\/span> as evidence<\/span> that his office has no such record or entry. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNONJUDICIAL RECORDS AS EVIDENCE (SUBDIVISION (10)(A) OF SUPREME COURT RULE 2:803\nDERIVED FROM SUBSECTION C OF THIS SECTION) (\u00a7 8.01-390)\n\nA. Copies of records of this Commonwealth, of another state, of the United\nStates, of another country, or of any political subdivision or agency of the\nsame, other than those located in a clerk’s office of a court, shall be\nreceived as prima facie evidence, provided that such copies are authenticated to\nbe true copies either by the custodian thereof or by the person to whom the\ncustodian reports, if they are different. A digitally certified copy of a record\nprovided pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 38.2 (§ 2.2-3817 et seq.) of\nTitle 2.2, whether in electronic form or in print form with visible assurance of\nthe digital signature, shall be deemed to be authenticated by the custodian of\nthe record unless evidence is presented to the contrary.\n\nB. Records and recordings of 911 emergency service calls shall be deemed\nauthentic transcriptions or recordings of the original statements if they are\naccompanied by a certificate that meets the provisions of subsection A and the\ncertificate contains the date and time of the incoming call and the incoming\nphone number, if available, associated with the call.\n\nC. An affidavit signed by an officer deemed to have custody of such an official\nrecord, or by his deputy, stating that after a diligent search, no record or\nentry of such record is found to exist among the records in his office is\nadmissible as evidence that his office has no such record or entry.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617; 1996, c. 668; 2000, c. 334; 2014, c. 353; 2017, c. 738.","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}}