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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82024</law_id><section_number>17.1-241</section_number><catch_line>Clerks to procure books for record</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Records, Recordation and Indexing Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> clerk shall procure appropriate books for records as the business of his office requires. But <span class="dictionary">orders</span> for the same shall first be obtained by the clerks from the governing bodies of their respective counties or cities.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3400, &#xA7; 17-71; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
