                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DESTRUCTION OF COURT RECORDS (§ 16.1-69.57)

The clerk of each district court shall destroy the court records upon expiration
of the appropriate retention period as set forth in §§ 16.1-69.55 and
16.1-69.56 and consistent with the requirements of confidentiality for juvenile
records. The Supreme Court shall determine the methods to be used in destroying
court records. Likewise, magistrates shall destroy records retained in the
office of the magistrate upon the expiration of the appropriate retention period
as set forth in § 16.1-69.56.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 499; 1987, c. 160.