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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80780</law_id><section_number>8.01-417.1</section_number><catch_line>Use of portions of documents in evidence (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:106 derived from this section)</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>To expedite <span class="dictionary">trial</span> proceedings in civil cases, upon appropriate and timely <span class="dictionary">motion</span> by <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may permit the reading to the <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, or the introduction into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, of relevant portions of lengthy and complex documents without the necessity of having the <span class="dictionary">jury</span> read or receive the entire document. The <span class="dictionary">court</span>, in its discretion, may permit the entire document to be received by the <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, or may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the parties to edit from any such document admitted into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> information that is irrelevant to the proceedings.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 720.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
