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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59565</law_id><section_number>8.01-616</section_number><catch_line>Delivery of original papers of suit by clerk to commissioner</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="23">Commissioners in Chancery</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The clerk of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall, upon the request of any <span class="dictionary">commissioner in chancery</span> who has before him for execution an <span class="dictionary">order</span> made in such <span class="dictionary">action</span>, deliver to him the original papers thereof; and it shall not be necessary for the clerk to copy such papers, nor shall he charge any fee for copies of any of them, unless the same be specially ordered. The commissioner to whom such papers may be delivered, shall give his receipt therefor, and return the papers as speedily as possible to the office of the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-258; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
